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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. What did Batali have to learn at the Italian restaurant?
(a) Humility.
(b) Patience.
(c) Cutting pasta.
(d) Italian.

2. Who wrote the book Bill found about a 15th century cook?
(a) A cook.
(b) A local official.
(c) A librarian.
(d) A priest.

3. What did the family that owned the restaurant Batali studied at buy after closing the restaurant?
(a) A pizzeria.
(b) A butcher shop.
(c) An ice cream shop.
(d) A cooking school.

4. What was Batali's father profession?
(a) Boeing executive.
(b) Butcher.
(c) Cook.
(d) Military Commander.

5. What was Batali's signature restaurant?
(a) Babbo.
(b) The Mario dona.
(c) The Bardo.
(d) The Bibbi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Bill have trouble with the stuffed fish on the grill?

2. Who was the pasta guy at Babbo?

3. What does the food prepared on the grill have to be considered acceptable?

4. What book did Bill find out about a 15th century cook?

5. What stuffed fish did Bill have trouble with at the grill?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Bill realize once he started to work at Babbo's?

2. Who did Bill Buford invite to dinner in "Dinner with Mario"?

3. What does Bill learn about clams despite not liking them?

4. What did Bill become in Chapter 1, and what did it teach Bill?

5. What did not work well in Chapter 6?

6. What was Bil's first introduction to kitchen politics in Chapter 3?

7. Where did Batali arrive in Chapter 4?

8. How famous was Batali at the time he and Bill met?

9. What did Bill regret?

10. Who is Bill Buford?

(see the answer keys)

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