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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Couture Shock and The Crisis in French Cooking.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the first fashion show that Gopnik attended in France?
(a) The Valentio show.
(b) The Gucci show.
(c) The Givenchy Show.
(d) The Yves St. Laurent show.

2. What is the title of the daily sports paper in France?
(a) Liberation.
(b) L'Equipe.
(c) Le Monde.
(d) Le Sports.

3. What does Luke like to do outside the toy store on the boulevard Saint-Germain?
(a) Listen to the street performers.
(b) Ride the musical horse.
(c) Eat a giant scoop of ice cream.
(d) Look at the window at the displays.

4. What is remarkable about the turkey that Gopnik receives in The Strike?
(a) It has not been frozen and was raised in open air.
(b) It is a rare breed of turkey.
(c) It was shipped from America.
(d) It is extremely large.

5. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?
(a) Real candles on the boughs.
(b) A wooden cross at the bottom that makes it difficult to water the tree.
(c) A nutcracker hidden in the boughs.
(d) A series of cuts in the stem marking the day it was cut.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?

3. Shortly after the problem with the tourist, why was the tower closed for several days in Trouble at the Tower?

4. How does the taxidermy shop make most of its money in Winter Circus?

5. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?

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