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This test consists of 5 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. How much money does Gopnik agree to commit to the Friends of the Balzar to keep the brasserie open?
(a) 1000 dollars.
(b) 50 dollar.
(c) 100 dollars.
(d) 500 dollars.

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

4. According to Gopnik, what is the unforgiving idol of New York?
(a) The Office.
(b) Baseball.
(c) Money.
(d) Blues.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the friends of the Balzar meet in November before their breakfast with Bucher to talk strategy?

2. What ability does the Rookie have when he is discovered?

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

4. Where does Adam go to fill out the birth certificate for Olivia?

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

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