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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Julia describe Marseille?
(a) Lackadaisical.
(b) Strange.
(c) Happy.
(d) Uninhibited.

3. How many GIs took the cooking course with Julia in France?
(a) 21.
(b) 5.
(c) 11.
(d) 15.

4. Why did Julia not feel she got to live abroad while working in China?
(a) She had no friends.
(b) She was always working.
(c) She had tight restrictions on where she could go.
(d) She had no money.

5. What did Julia say was the bright spot of her classes in France?
(a) The sunsets.
(b) The GIs.
(c) Eating the food.
(d) Chef Bugnard.

6. When would Cordon Bleu lose their electricity?
(a) Wednesdays.
(b) Early mornings.
(c) Thursdays.
(d) Mid-afternoons.

7. How did Julia feel when she was working on her first cookbook?
(a) Fulfilled.
(b) Confused.
(c) Overwhelmed.
(d) Amused.

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

9. How much older than Julia was her husband?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 10 years.
(c) 6 years.
(d) 8 years.

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

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

12. How did Julia feel when she first when to Paris?
(a) She hated it.
(b) She loved it.
(c) She was afraid of it.
(d) She was overwhelmed by it.

13. What nickname was given to the Buick station wagon owned by Paul and Julia?
(a) Blue Flash.
(b) The Speedster.
(c) Brown Gravy.
(d) White Lightning.

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

15. How many times did Julia have to take the practical exam at Cordon Bleu?
(a) Twice.
(b) Three times.
(c) Five times.
(d) Once.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of group was the Gourmettes?

2. How long was the cooking class in which Julia was enrolled in France?

3. Which of these was NOT one of Julia's most loved things?

4. What did French people call Catfish?

5. Where did Julia grow up?

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