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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Adam take Luke on rainy days?

2. What position did Maurice Papon have in the Gironde department?

3. Where is Luke's baby-sitter Nisha from?

4. Which is not one of the animals mentioned in the taxidermy shop in Winter Circus?

5. What did Adam listen to when he road the bicycle in The Rules of the Sport?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the goal of the strikers in the chapter, The Strike?

2. According to Gopnik in "Paris to the Moon", how have Americans through the generations regarded Paris?

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

4. When Adam and Martha tell friends that they are expecting a girl, what do their friends tell them?

5. How did the Cafe de Flore get its name?

6. Describe the appearance of Cressida Taylor.

7. Why wouldn't the Rookie have fought in WWI?

8. Describe the appearance of the Balzar.

9. How does Gopnik regard soccer at the beginning of The World Cup.

10. Why does Gopnik object to more transparency in France?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the inclusion of current events in "Paris to the Moon" make Gopnik's theme more relevant to contemporary society?

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of fashion displayed in "Paris to the Moon" and how does Gopnik draw attention to the query, what makes something fashionable?

Essay Topic 3

What is the tone of "Paris to the Moon" and what literary tools does Gopnik use to create this tone?

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