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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Martha's doctor tell her to do when she is gaining weight in her pregnancy?
(a) Go on long walks.
(b) Stop eating and start swimming.
(c) Just worry about losing the weight after the baby comes.
(d) Eat only fruit and vegetables.

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

3. What does Adam and Martha miss about New York in The Rookie?
(a) The consensual anonymity.
(b) The carrot cake.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) Central Park.

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

5. What is the name of the English restaurateur that Bucher threatens to sell the Balzar to?
(a) Hugh Potts.
(b) Hal Davis.
(c) Terrence Conran.
(d) Kingsly Devon.

6. What ability does the Rookie have when he is discovered?
(a) He can throw stones with surprising accuracy.
(b) He can run faster than boys twice his age.
(c) He can catch all types of balls.
(d) He can see a fly from one hundred yards away.

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

8. Where do the Gopnik's spend the month of August while they live in Paris?
(a) Back home in America.
(b) In England.
(c) They like to stay in Paris and observe the tourists.
(d) In the south of France.

9. What is the name of the real life pitcher that Gopnik includes in his bedtime story, The Rookie?
(a) John J. McGraw.
(b) Babe Ruth.
(c) Christy Matthewson.
(d) J. Reuben Meyers.

10. When the clinic is locked upon the Gopnik's arrival, who opens the door?
(a) A janitor.
(b) A sleepy midwife.
(c) Adam.
(d) The owner of the clinic.

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

12. What advice does Martha's doctor give her for after the baby arrives?
(a) Stay at home in the apartment for two weeks before going out.
(b) Take a vacation.
(c) Get a night nurse.
(d) Get daily massages.

13. How old is the Rookie when he is discovered in 1908?
(a) 6.
(b) 3.
(c) 12
(d) 18.

14. Where is Alice Waters from originally?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) New York.
(d) London.

15. Who dresses the baby in Like a King?
(a) The nurse.
(b) Adam.
(c) The doctor.
(d) Martha.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many waiters did the Balzar have?

2. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?

3. Who bathes the baby in Like a King?

4. How many weeks of vacation are the French people guaranteed by law?

5. What is the most important lesson Gopnik has learned in Paris.

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