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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How many hours is Bourdain's flight to Tokyo?
(a) Fourteen hours.
(b) Twelve hours.
(c) Sixteen hours.
(d) Eleven hours.

3. What does cabron mean?
(a) A lazy worker.
(b) A man who is being used for his money.
(c) A man's girlfriend is being intimate with another man.
(d) A man is using drugs to forget his problems.

4. What is Bourdain's first thought when waking up in the morning?
(a) His first thought is about the menu.
(b) His first thought is about ingredient selection.
(c) His first thought is about food preparation.
(d) His first thought is about the special of the day.

5. Whom does Bourdain hire as his sous chef at Coco Pazzo Teatro?
(a) Mario.
(b) Steven.
(c) Luis.
(d) Dimitri.

6. Why does Bourdain venture out into the streets on his first morning in Tokyo?
(a) To meet his boss.
(b) To sightsee.
(c) To go shopping.
(d) To find breakfast.

7. What was the dream of Tom and Fred of Tom H?
(a) To serve their grandmothers' chicken parm recipe.
(b) To open up a restaurant in every borough of the city.
(c) To make their customers smile.
(d) To convert a brownstone and serve meatloaf to celebrities.

8. What does Bourdain admit about the kitchen environment?
(a) It is a place for men to bond.
(b) It is a playground with knives.
(c) It is not suitable for everyone, especially women.
(d) It is the dirtiest place in the restaurant, including the bathroom.

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

10. What does Bourdain imagine Adam's state to be in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?
(a) Tired and weak.
(b) Deathly ill.
(c) High as a kite.
(d) Coming off a high of cocaine and liquor.

11. How many courses is the meal that Bourdain considers the finest meal he has ever eaten?
(a) Fourteen courses.
(b) Ten courses.
(c) One course.
(d) Twenty courses.

12. What is a Queez?
(a) A Cuisinart food processor.
(b) An irate customer.
(c) A restaurant critic.
(d) The sous-chef.

13. What is the name of the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's?
(a) Ruby Red.
(b) Joe Americana.
(c) Silver Shadow.
(d) Gino.

14. What disturbing memory does Bourdain remember about a chef colleague in "Department of Human Resources"?
(a) His chef colleague burned his arms and feet when a vat of boiling water fell on him.
(b) His chef colleague cut his thumb off while working and could not work again.
(c) His chef colleague was fired for losing his temper at a new sous-chef.
(d) His chef colleague fired a cook and the cook hung himself later that day.

15. Who is the owner of Coco Pazzo Teatro?
(a) Leonardo Mancini.
(b) Pino Luongo.
(c) Marco Ricci.
(d) Dino Romano.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Bourdain's position at Brasserie Les Halles?

2. Besides culinary proficiency, what determines a person's kitchen success?

3. What does Bourdain imagine that Adam has none of in "Adam Real-Last-Name-Unknown"?

4. What are some things that Bourdain tries to tolerate in his workers?

5. What does the owner of Let's-Call-It-Gino's go to jail for?

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