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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Adam's gym do to celebrate their opening?
(a) The had a crepe party.
(b) They had a dance.
(c) They hosted a relay race.
(d) They hosted a concert.

2. What is the title of the daily sports paper in France?
(a) Le Sports.
(b) Liberation.
(c) Le Monde.
(d) L'Equipe.

3. Why don't Adam and Nicole eat at Cafe de Flores in A Tale of Two Cafes?
(a) Nicole does not like the food.
(b) There aren't any tables available.
(c) It is too expensive.
(d) It is unfashionable.

4. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?
(a) Edouard Balladur.
(b) Jacques Chirac.
(c) He was voted in by the populace.
(d) Christine Ockrent.

5. What did Gopnik need to do before he could receive his carte de sejour?
(a) He needed to take an exam proving his language abilities.
(b) He needed to undergo a physical.
(c) He need to pay an outstanding parking ticket.
(d) He needed to have his photograph taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the profession of Gopnik's parents?

2. What do the French insist on putting on their Christmas trees?

3. How old is Luke when the Gopniks arrived in Paris?

4. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?

5. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea does Alice have for a restaurant in the Louvre?

2. What do men generally discuss to break the ice in France?

3. What is the "machine to draw the world"?

4. What request does Jerome Meyssonier make when he agrees to be taken hostage in The Chill?

5. What did Gopnik observe of the other patrons after he dove into the pool at the Ritz?

6. What does interest in sports identify a Frenchman as?

7. What game do the older children play at the carousel at the Luxembourg Gardens.

8. What does Gopnik think the strike illustrates about the French way of coping with difficulties?

9. What happens when Gopnik decides to finish the Rookie story?

10. Why does the midwife advise Adam not to tell the cab driver that Martha is in labor when they go to the hospital?

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