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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the most important lesson Gopnik has learned in Paris.
(a) He has learned to navigate the metro.
(b) He has learned how to dress fashionably.
(c) He has learned to cook.
(d) He has learned to speak French.

2. Who helps Gopnik prepare the meal for Alice?
(a) His wife Martha.
(b) Elise Chartreuse.
(c) Antoine Jacobsohn.
(d) Susan Herrmann Loomis.

3. What sound awakens Gopnik on his first morning at home on the Left Bank?
(a) The sound of organ music.
(b) The neighbors listening to Mozart.
(c) The drum of the city traffic.
(d) The humm of the French radio.

4. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) They find out they are expecting a baby.
(b) They are given a dog.
(c) Their grandparents come for a surpise visit.
(d) They find a new apartment.

5. What position did the Rookie play?
(a) Short stop.
(b) Catcher.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) First Baseman.

6. Which is not one of the players for the French soccer team mentioned in The World Cup?
(a) Djorkaeff.
(b) Zidane.
(c) Karembeu.
(d) Ladue.

7. What is the name of the restaurant that Gopnik dreams about opening that would only serve game?
(a) Sur le Toit.
(b) La Chanson.
(c) Le Lavigne.
(d) Les Fauves.

8. How many weeks of vacation are the French people guaranteed by law?
(a) 5.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

9. What is the name of the batter who ties himself into a knot?
(a) Big Babe Ruth.
(b) Terrible Ty Cobb.
(c) Jesse the Great.
(d) Horrible Howard Blowsky.

10. What news do the Gopnik's receive in April in A Machine to draw the World?
(a) They find out Gopnik's job is being disolved.
(b) They find out Luke has a terminal illness.
(c) They are told they are expecting a baby.
(d) They are told they have three months to move.

11. Where do the friends of the Balzar meet in November before their breakfast with Bucher to talk strategy?
(a) A room at the film school.
(b) The Cafe de Flores.
(c) Mme. de Lavigne's apartment.
(d) The Balzar.

12. 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 leaves off the angel.
(c) He hangs the ornaments upside down.
(d) He puts the branches through the lights rather than tying them on.

13. What drug does Gopnik compare Barney to?
(a) Meth.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

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

15. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?
(a) He is a restaurant owner.
(b) He is a chef.
(c) He is an agricultural scientist.
(d) He is a food critic.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who calls and tells Gopnik that things are not going well with the Balzar in A Handful of Cherries?

2. Who dresses the baby in Like a King?

3. Why is the association of friends of the Balzar hesitant to support the waiters in their walkout?

4. What does Bucher offer the waiters who leave the Balzar.

5. Where did Alice own a restaurant prior to her visit to France?

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