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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. Which workers were the first to begin a strike in the chapter The Strike?
(a) Police officers.
(b) The sanitation workers.
(c) Telephone company workers.
(d) The railroad workers.

2. What was the unemployment rate in France in The Chill?
(a) 12 percent.
(b) 8 percent.
(c) 15 percent.
(d) 10 percent.

3. How many nations participate in the World Cup tournament?
(a) 32.
(b) 15.
(c) 22.
(d) 63.

4. What book written by Juppe does Gopnik mention in Private Domain?
(a) La Tentation de Vinse.
(b) Emile.
(c) Verite.
(d) L'Affaire des logements.

5. What does Bucher offer the waiters who leave the Balzar.
(a) He offers them a position in one of his other restaurants.
(b) A fat envelope.
(c) He offers them a reccommendation.
(d) He offers them nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Adam's cousin who had fled Paris for London and made a small fortune in banking?

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

3. What bothers Gopnik most about soccer?

4. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?

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

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