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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is CIA designed to do?
(a) Educate learners to be caterers.
(b) Give ordinary people a little extra cooking skill.
(c) Teach students the culinary arts.
(d) Turn out hotel and corporate dining facility chefs.

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

3. What color is the wedding cake that Bourdain and Dimitri make?
(a) Saffron.
(b) Turquoise.
(c) Ivory.
(d) Taupe.

4. What do Bourdain, Sam G, and Dimitri feel improves their productivity?
(a) Caffeine.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Rock music.

5. What might an unprepared restaurant owner do to improve business?
(a) Distribute coupons and fliers.
(b) Have theme nights and happy hours.
(c) Offer discounts on certain meals.
(d) Expand the menu selection.

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

7. What does Bourdain learn while at the Rainbow Room?
(a) That he is the least experienced worker there.
(b) That the kitchen workers spit in customer's drinks.
(c) That there is a strict hierarchy in place in the kitchen.
(d) That the kitchen workers love betting on sports.

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

9. Where is Bourdain determined to enroll during the early 1970's?
(a) Yale University.
(b) Harvard Law School.
(c) The Culinary Institute of America.
(d) Le Cordon Bleu.

10. Why do Bourdain's parents not allow him and his brother into a fine dining establishment?
(a) Because it is too expensive.
(b) Because of their brooding behavior.
(c) Because their clothes are dirty.
(d) Because they will not like the food.

11. What does the role of the line cook require?
(a) Someone who can multitask.
(b) Good memory.
(c) Loyalty and endurance.
(d) Two fast hands.

12. What must Bourdain endure at CIA?
(a) Pompous teachers.
(b) Alienation from classmates.
(c) Out-of-date appliances.
(d) Buffet-style dishes.

13. What year does Bourdain start working with Sam G and Dimitri in New York?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1983.

14. What is the name of the restaurant where Bourdain works during his summer away from college?
(a) The Dreadnaught.
(b) The Cove.
(c) The Horses' Mouth.
(d) The Pen.

15. Why is Bourdain in a low period when Bigfoot hires him?
(a) Bourdain believes he is talentless.
(b) Bourdain is broke and in drug rehab.
(c) Bourdain is dealing with a death in his family.
(d) Bourdain is unsure of what he wants to do with his life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Bourdain and Bigfoot formed a bond despite what?

2. What does Bourdain love about Bobby?

3. Who is the instructor for the Escoffier Room?

4. What does Bourdain wish to share with the reader?

5. Bourdain does not understand anyone with a preference for what?

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