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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Paul feel when he was offered a job in Paris?
(a) Angry.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Ambivalent.

2. During what month did Julia invite the Gourmettes over for lunch?
(a) June.
(b) March.
(c) April.
(d) May.

3. Where did Julia's husband grow up?
(a) Boston.
(b) Portland.
(c) New York.
(d) Seattle.

4. Where did Dort and Ivan get married?
(a) Rome.
(b) New York.
(c) Paris.
(d) Washington, D.C.

5. In their guidebook, what marked the places where Julia and Paul liked to eat best?
(a) 1 cross.
(b) 3 stars.
(c) 5 fleur de lis.
(d) 2 forks.

6. What did the name of Julia's school mean?
(a) The School of Julia and Simca.
(b) The School of French Cuisine.
(c) The School of the Three Hearty Eaters.
(d) The School of Beginning Cooking.

7. Julia longed for what during her first few weeks at Cordon Bleu?
(a) A better understanding of the language.
(b) More money for food.
(c) Freedom to make what she wanted.
(d) Individual instruction.

8. How long did Julia think her cooking class in France was going to be?
(a) 1 month.
(b) 1 year.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 6 months.

9. What did French people call Catfish?
(a) Snake fish.
(b) Whiskerfish.
(c) Dogfish.
(d) Angel fish.

10. Simca and Louisette were working on what when they met Julia?
(a) A cookbook.
(b) A cooking school.
(c) A bakery shop.
(d) A private lesson company.

11. Who cooked most of Julia's meals when she was a child?
(a) Restaurant chefs.
(b) Hired cooks.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

12. What caused Julia to contact Avis?
(a) Reading a newspaper article about her.
(b) An artice written by her husband.
(c) Seeing her name in another cookbook.
(d) Seeing a picture of her in the newspaper.

13. What was Paul forced to consider during the government's investigations while he was in Marseille?
(a) Where to move.
(b) How to support Julia in her career.
(c) What he would do if he were fired.
(d) Whether or not to get a French citizenship card.

14. In what kind of building did Paul find an apartment in Marseille?
(a) Industrial House.
(b) Reconstructed.
(c) Art Deco.
(d) HUD property.

15. Julia was most worried about what when Paul took a job in Paris?
(a) Being away from family.
(b) Fighting while travelling.
(c) The war.
(d) Learning the language.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the GIs in Julia's cooking class pay for the course?

2. What did Julia's father do for a living?

3. What was Paul's occupation when he met Julia?

4. Julia was most grateful to her husband for what?

5. What was Elizabeth Brassart's occupation?

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