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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sorts of food does Bourdain begin to eat after his trip to France?
(a) Anything spicy.
(b) Stinky cheese, sweetbreads, and horsemeat.
(c) Deer and moose meat and exotic fruits and vegetables.
(d) Sashimi and raw eel.

2. What are the three categories of line cooks?
(a) Food lovers, money lovers, and adrenaline lovers.
(b) Artists, exiles, and mercenaries.
(c) Fast, faster, and fastest.
(d) American, Latin, and Asian.

3. How does Bourdain feel about the chef at the restaurant, Mario's?
(a) Bourdain despises him.
(b) Bourdain feels he is talentless.
(c) Bourdain respects him.
(d) Bourdain is in awe of him.

4. What does Bourdain learn from assisting the boiler man?
(a) How to keep his station clean.
(b) How to deal with customers.
(c) How to manage the avalanche of meals each night.
(d) How to plate the meals correctly.

5. What is Dimitri's job?
(a) Line cook.
(b) Pastry chef.
(c) Dishwasher.
(d) Pasta cook.

6. What type of food should one never eat at a restaurant on a Monday?
(a) All of the above.
(b) Meat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Poultry.

7. What type of food does Bourdain consider a safe leftover?
(a) Bread.
(b) Wine.
(c) Soup.
(d) Cheese.

8. How does Bourdain find the classes at CIA?
(a) Interesting.
(b) Easy.
(c) Boring.
(d) Challenging.

9. How does Bourdain feel during his time at college?
(a) Undisciplined and uninterested.
(b) Ambitious and goal-oriented.
(c) Stressed and overworked.
(d) Out of place and awkward.

10. Where is the summerhouse that Bourdain shares with his friends?
(a) Bridgeport, Connecticut.
(b) Manchester, New Hampshire.
(c) Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
(d) Portland, Maine.

11. What does Bourdain fish for with the local fishing expert in France?
(a) Lobster.
(b) Eel.
(c) Tuna.
(d) Oysters.

12. According to Bourdain, what kind of job is the job of a line cook?
(a) It is an important job.
(b) It is a thankless position.
(c) It is an unimportant role in a restaurant.
(d) It is a hard yet rewarding position.

13. How does Bourdain describe American workers?
(a) As lazy and high maintenance.
(b) As weak and pathetic.
(c) As loyal and hardworking.
(d) As creative and spontaneous.

14. What job does Bourdain get during the summer after his first year at CIA?
(a) Broiler Man.
(b) Dishwasher.
(c) Waiter.
(d) Night porter.

15. Where does Bourdain's love affair with food start?
(a) Flying over the Atlantic.
(b) Aboard an ocean liner.
(c) In a caravan.
(d) On a tour bus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Bourdain attend college?

2. What does Bourdain want to do after his trip to France besides enjoy the food?

3. At CIA, what does Bourdain have that his classmates do not?

4. According to Bourdain, what does good cooking and good eating involve?

5. What year does Bourdain start working with Sam G and Dimitri in New York?

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