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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 cooking tool in Chef Pardus's class got ruined because it was left in a pot of water?

2. Where did Michael go with Chef Pardus after class?

3. What happened when roux stuck to the bottom of a student's pot?

4. What was the name of Michael's tablemate in Chef Pardus's class that had been a banker?

5. What did McGee call the process of making sauce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Elizabeth David say about sauces?

2. How did Michael's uncle inspire him to learn to cook?

3. What did Michael say happened to him in skills class?

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

5. What was Chef Hestnar's job at CIA?

6. How did Michael feel when he saw himself in the chef's uniform for the first time?

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

8. What meal did Chef Pardus eat that inspired him to be an excellent cook?

9. Why did Chef Pardus say that a product couldn't be served if it wasn't exactly right?

10. How did Michael describe the outfit that Chef Pardus wore to Skills class?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the difference between a chef and a cook.

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

Discuss how instructors at CIA felt about Michael sitting in on classes at CIA. Use examples from the book.

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