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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Bourdain tolerate Steve and Adam's juvenile antics?
(a) Bourdain is short-staffed.
(b) Bourdain has a close bond with them.
(c) Bourdain has a soft heart.
(d) Both men are exceptional cooks.

2. What has Bourdain earned a reputation for?
(a) Being creative.
(b) Being innovative.
(c) Being demanding.
(d) Taking risks.

3. When Bourdain interviews for a good job at a steak house what loses him the job?
(a) Bourdain attends in a drunken stupor.
(b) A miscommunication.
(c) Bourdain is caught in a lie.
(d) Bourdain loses his temper.

4. What sorts of customers does Tom H attract?
(a) Foodies.
(b) Artists and writers.
(c) Jocks and sports agents.
(d) Celebrities and gossip columnists.

5. What area of New York City is Tom H found?
(a) The meatpacking district.
(b) The financial district.
(c) The theater district.
(d) The diamond district.

6. What time does Adam call Bourdain in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?
(a) Morning.
(b) Evening.
(c) Night.
(d) Afternoon.

7. What famous movie is the restaurant Rick's Cafe a theme of?
(a) Annie Hall.
(b) Easy Rider.
(c) Casablanca.
(d) Breakfast at Tiffany's.

8. What does the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's go to jail for?
(a) Embezzlement.
(b) Tax evasion.
(c) Fraud.
(d) Extortion.

9. Who is the second most important person in the restaurant after the chef?
(a) The sous-chef.
(b) The customer.
(c) The waiter or waitress.
(d) The bartender.

10. Where did Steve and Adam meet?
(a) New York.
(b) California.
(c) Texas.
(d) Florida.

11. What do runners do?
(a) Clean the floors and counters in the restaurant.
(b) Purchase ingredients at the markets.
(c) Do small tasks in the kitchen for the chef.
(d) Help deliver food and provide surveillance for the chef.

12. What do Bourdain's purveyors know not to do?
(a) Communicate with the kitchen staff.
(b) Bring the products late.
(c) Tell competing restaurants about Bourdain's ingredients list.
(d) Bring inferior products into his kitchen.

13. What sort of cuisine does Let's-Call-It-Gino's serve?
(a) Sicilian cuisine.
(b) Latin American cuisine.
(c) Home-style American cuisine.
(d) Northern Italian cuisine.

14. What does the art form of cook-talk have that is known to all who work in kitchens?
(a) An illogical set of rules.
(b) A formal set of rules.
(c) A rigid set of rules.
(d) A relaxed set of rules.

15. What does six-top mean?
(a) An order of six entrees.
(b) A table with six people.
(c) An order of six waters.
(d) A customer who makes six figures.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does cabron mean?

2. What do Steve and Bourdain have in common?

3. Whom does Bourdain hire as his sous chef at Coco Pazzo Teatro?

4. What does Bourdain imagine Adam's state to be in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?

5. What does weeded mean?

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