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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. What was the last product that Michael made in skills class?

2. What sauce was commonly referred to as building material?

3. What did Michael say was his goal in cooking school?

4. What did CIA stand for?

5. Who made Michael feel the way he did while taking the written cooking test?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were Chef Pardus's critiques at the end of day 8?

2. What was Julia Child's opinion on sauce?

3. What did Careme say about sauces?

4. How did Chef Pardus feel about Michael?

5. What did Chef Pardus say was the mindset of a mediocre chef?

6. How did Chef Pardus's students feel when they got their grades back on their first papers?

7. What did Chef Pardus say to the students about their grades?

8. What was Michael's opinion on brown sauce?

9. What tasks had to be completed in the knife cuts exam?

10. What did Chef Pardus feel that he had lost as a result of his job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After graduating from CIA many students felt that their lives had been transformed. Compare and contrast the students personal lives before CIA to after their graduation.

Essay Topic 2

The book "The Making of a Chef" is written by a journalist who went to cooking school. Discuss how Michael's two worlds as a journalist and chef collided in the development of this book.

Essay Topic 3

As Michael spent more time at CIA he began to feel a kinship with chefs and those in the cooking world. Compare and contrast Michael's opinions about chefs and cooking before he attended CIA and after he graduated from CIA.

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