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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. In what year did President Metz invite a 24 year old to be part of the team that opened the American Bounty Restaurant?

2. What had to be prepared in the second term practical?

3. What time did Michael have to arrive for his second term practical?

4. What time was the class supposed to be in the kitchen at St. Andrew's?

5. Where was the kitchen that cranked out food at CIA located?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Michael describe the dining room at St. Andrew's?

2. What subject did Chef De Santis love to talk about?

3. What happened when Michael had no mache for his lobster salad in Chef Felder's class?

4. What were Chef Pardus's plans over break?

5. What did Metz seek to accomplish at the CIA?

6. How did Chef Felder prepare chicken skin for a galantine?

7. What were Chef Shepard's goals in her classes?

8. How could the chef a student had as their teacher affect their grade?

9. What did group leader Gene Huey tell the students when they arrived for their first day of service in the kitchen at St. Andrew's?

10. What did Chef Coppedge say about baking?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the meaning of "Mise en Place," using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why CIA is viewed as the top cooking school in the world. What gives it the distinction as the best school?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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