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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who bathes the baby in Like a King?
(a) Martha.
(b) Adam and the nurse.
(c) Adam.
(d) The doctor.
2. How long does Gopnik braise a lamb for, when he prepares dinner for Waters?
(a) Twenty minutes.
(b) Sixteen hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Seven hours.
3. Which is not one of the girls from Luke's two-year old gym class mentioned in Barney?
(a) Neige.
(b) Jolie.
(c) Patrice.
(d) Amandine.
4. Why does Adam have to go back to the apartment before Martha can receive an epidural?
(a) He needed Martha's identification cards.
(b) He had left the paperwork there.
(c) He needed to get the telephone number for Martha's New York physician.
(d) Martha wanted Luke to be present.
5. What ability does the Rookie have when he is discovered?
(a) He can catch all types of balls.
(b) He can throw stones with surprising accuracy.
(c) He can see a fly from one hundred yards away.
(d) He can run faster than boys twice his age.
6. Where is the Rookie from?
(a) New York, USA.
(b) Paris, France.
(c) Anywhere, USA.
(d) Somwhere, France.
7. Where do the friends of the Balzar meet in November before their breakfast with Bucher to talk strategy?
(a) The Balzar.
(b) Mme. de Lavigne's apartment.
(c) A room at the film school.
(d) The Cafe de Flores.
8. What does the Rookie sprinkle on his ball to keep anyone from hitting it?
(a) Some tea leaves.
(b) Some sand from the dugout.
(c) A frew drops of milk from his bottle.
(d) A few tears.
9. Why is Alice in Paris?
(a) She is opening a restaurant at the Louvre.
(b) She is learning a new pastry technique.
(c) She is visiting Adam.
(d) She is a receiving an award.
10. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) Scarlet fever.
(b) Salmonella.
(c) Lupis.
(d) Mono.
11. Who helps Gopnik prepare the meal for Alice?
(a) His wife Martha.
(b) Susan Herrmann Loomis.
(c) Elise Chartreuse.
(d) Antoine Jacobsohn.
12. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?
(a) He is a food critic.
(b) He is a chef.
(c) He is a restaurant owner.
(d) He is an agricultural scientist.
13. Why is the association of friends of the Balzar hesitant to support the waiters in their walkout?
(a) They don't want their favorite restaurant to be closed.
(b) They do not feel that it will work.
(c) They are worried about retaliation.
(d) They don't want to openly ruin their arrangement with Bucher.
14. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?
(a) Oprah.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Joseph McCarthy.
(d) Bill Clinton.
15. Where did Alice own a restaurant prior to her visit to France?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Berkeley.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is at the opening of the parade for the beginning of the World Cup?
2. At the end of The Rookie, what does Luke ask for, for his birthday?
3. Where did Gopnik first hear the term "lessons from things."
4. How many weeks of vacation are the French people guaranteed by law?
5. What does Gopnik bring back from his New York business trip to share with Luke in The Rookie?
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