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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Red Chili Jelly called in Italy?

2. Who took over Andy's job at Babbo?

3. What did Giovanni buy that was big news in the village?

4. Where did Bill bump his head in the first few weeks of work at the shop?

5. When was the Babbo kitchen in turmoil according to Bill in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Batali convinced of after the award in 1998?

2. What did Betta finally agree to on one condition?

3. What did Bill convince his wife to do at the start of Chapter 19?

4. What did Bill admit during the dinner with Batali?

5. Why did everyone in the town talk about Giovanni's bull according to Chapter 27?

6. What did Bill eventually find?

7. Why did Bill arrive ten days earlier than Mark?

8. What was Babbo awarded with in 1998 according to Chapter 29?

9. What did Bill want to research at the end of Chapter 29?

10. Why did Dario become irate in Chapter 26?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Kitchen politics is an important part of why Bill desired to move on from the Babbo's kitchen. Do you think, based on Bill's writing, that the kitchen is like a military structure or more like an organized chaos.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the similarities and differences of Bill and Batali, including how they are perceived by others in the book.

Essay Topic 3

Bill read a lot of cook books, some several hundred years old and also was taught family recipes that were transferred verbally. Do you think written recipes prevent cooking for evolving or do you think written recipes are worth the trade by promulgating cooking to the masses?

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