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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. How does Serge get out of an extended conversation between the man in the beard and his daughter?
(a) He gets up to go to the restroom.
(b) He tells them to leave him alone.
(c) He pretends to take a call.
(d) He resumes eating his dinner.

2. When Paul tells Michel that he will return the phone as soon as they are home from the dinner, how does Michel respond?
(a) Michel tells Paul that he is going to Rick's.
(b) Michel tells his father to keep the phone.
(c) Michel says that he will come over to the restaurant.
(d) Michel says he will wait for his parents to return.

3. What does Paul learn from the voicemails on Michel's phone?
(a) That Michel and Claire are keeping something from him.
(b) That Michel is planning to go live with Serge and Babette.
(c) That the boys have set an appointment to meet Beau.
(d) That Michel has a new secret girlfriend.

4. For how long have Serge and Babette been married at the time of the narrative?
(a) 18 years.
(b) 16 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 12 years.

5. When the main course is brought out and the women have not yet returned to the table, what does Serge do?
(a) He sends the plates back until Claire and Babette return.
(b) He orders the plates set down so he can start eating.
(c) He calls Babette's other cell phone to tell her the food has arrived.
(d) He goes out to find the women.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Beau come from?

2. Between what ages is Beau presumed to be?

3. What does Paul do shortly before leaving the house for dinner?

4. When Serge and Babette arrive, what does Paul notice about Babette?

5. Why does Paul order an appetizer that he knows he won't like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What film is described by Claire as the most racist film ever in Chapter 13? Why?

2. How is the arrival of Serge and Babette at the restaurant described?

3. What movie is discussed over dinner? What does Serge observe about the film?

4. Why does Paul go into the restroom after finding Claire and Babette in the garden? Does he achieve his objective?

5. How does Paul describe his feelings about his brother?

6. How is Serge perceived by the public?

7. How is Serge's wine expertise regarded by Paul?

8. Paul states in Chapter 17 that Serge is of two minds when it comes to public attention. What are those minds?

9. How is the restaurant described?

10. How does Paul describe his brother's eating behavior?

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