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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the clinic that Adam and Martha chose?
(a) Clinique Marie.
(b) Clinique Saint-Isabelle.
(c) Clinique Saint Cloude.
(d) Clinique de Liberite.

2. What does Gopnik drink during his lunch with Quelin?
(a) Champagne.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Madiran.
(d) Water.

3. What is the name of the restaurant where the waiters invite Gopnik to dinner after they have left the Balzar?
(a) Le Mignon.
(b) Place Sansuit.
(c) Cafe du Porte.
(d) Relais Beaujolais.

4. What is the name of the American author of the cookbook, which includes some recipes from the Balzar?
(a) William Jones.
(b) Pierce Avery.
(c) Philip Chance.
(d) Daniel Young.

5. What is at the opening of the parade for the beginning of the World Cup?
(a) A procession of famous soccer players.
(b) A large marching band.
(c) A gigantic soccer ball float carrying French school children.
(d) Four inflatable dolls representing different nationallities.

6. What team does the Rookie begin to play for?
(a) The Boston Red Socks.
(b) The Los Angeles Dodgers.
(c) The New York Giants.
(d) The St. Louis Cardinals.

7. Where does Adam go to fill out the birth certificate for Olivia?
(a) He goes to the main administration building in Paris.
(b) He has to fax in forms to New York.
(c) City Hall.
(d) The nurse gives him a form at the hospital.

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

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

10. What does Gopnik bring back from his New York business trip to share with Luke in The Rookie?
(a) A collection of baseball cards.
(b) A PBS series on baseball.
(c) A video game of baseball.
(d) New mitts and baseball bats.

11. Which is not one of the menu items of the Balzar listed in The Balzar Wars?
(a) Profiteroles.
(b) Croque Monsieur.
(c) Grilled Salmon.
(d) Pommes frites.

12. What is the name of the young publisher who gives a speech at the Balzar that gets media coverage?
(a) Maurice Revelli.
(b) Lorenzo Valentin.
(c) Jacques D'Artere.
(d) Andre Bertillini.

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

14. What is the name of the poet who wrote about the wrapping of a sugar cube?
(a) Victor Hugo.
(b) Guillaume Apollinaire.
(c) T.S. Eliot.
(d) Stephane Mallarme.

15. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Mono.
(c) Salmonella.
(d) Lupis.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the Rookie from?

2. What does Martha's doctor tell her to do when she is gaining weight in her pregnancy?

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

4. Where is the clinic where the Gopniks go to have their baby?

5. What is the name of the real life pitcher that Gopnik includes in his bedtime story, The Rookie?

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