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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Gopnik's favorite sport?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Football.
(c) Basketball.
(d) Hockey.

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

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

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

6. Where is the Rookie from?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Somwhere, France.
(c) New York, USA.
(d) Anywhere, USA.

7. What goal does Gopnik set in The World Cup?
(a) To watch the entire World Cup tournament.
(b) To learn every players name on the French team.
(c) To study the history of soccer before the end of the tournament.
(d) To attend at least one game of the World Cup.

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

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

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

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

12. How many waiters did the Balzar have?
(a) 10.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

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

14. What bothers Gopnik most about soccer?
(a) The lack of action.
(b) The faking of injuries.
(c) The commentators.
(d) The low scores.

15. Why does Adam have to go back to the apartment before Martha can receive an epidural?
(a) He needed to get the telephone number for Martha's New York physician.
(b) Martha wanted Luke to be present.
(c) He had left the paperwork there.
(d) He needed Martha's identification cards.

Short Answer Questions

1. What request did the Gopniks make from a Chinese restaurant that charmed the management?

2. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?

3. Where did Gopnik first hear the term "lessons from things."

4. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?

5. What movies does Luke form an attachment to in Barney?

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