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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Handful of Cherries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?
(a) He is a chef.
(b) He is a chauffeur.
(c) He is a professor.
(d) He is a doctor.

2. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

3. What response do Luke's French friend have to Barney?
(a) They hate him.
(b) They are completely indifferent to him.
(c) They like him.
(d) They refuse to watch him.

4. What mistake does Gopnik make while decorating the Christmas tree in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) He hangs lights that do not work.
(b) He puts the branches through the lights rather than tying them on.
(c) He leaves off the angel.
(d) He hangs the ornaments upside down.

5. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) Roger Cazes.
(b) Jean-Paul Enthove.
(c) Charles Maurras.
(d) Paul Boubal.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?

2. How old is Juppe in Private Domain?

3. What is Gopnik's favorite sport?

4. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?

5. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?

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