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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. According to Bourdain, which of the following is not an elemental food item?
(a) Honey.
(b) Butter.
(c) Basil.
(d) Mint tops.

2. What type of food does Bourdain consider a safe leftover?
(a) Cheese.
(b) Soup.
(c) Bread.
(d) Wine.

3. Bourdain does not understand anyone with a preference for what?
(a) Medium rare meat.
(b) Well done meat.
(c) Rare meat.
(d) Blue meat.

4. What year does Bourdain graduate high school?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1973.

5. What does Bourdain learn from Bobby, the chef at his summer job?
(a) The importance of cleanliness in a kitchen.
(b) How to manage the staff.
(c) How to deal with customers.
(d) The power that comes with being a chef.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the instructor of Escoffier Room known for?

2. Where does Bourdain's love affair with food start?

3. For whom does Bourdain have disdain?

4. How does Bourdain describe the line cooks in most kitchens?

5. What singer gives an impromptu concert at the Rainbow Room when Bourdain works there?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Bourdain get a job during his summer from school and how does he feel about this job?

2. What does Anthony Bourdain want to share with the reader?

3. What new foods does Bourdain eat in France?

4. What are the best nights to eat out and why?

5. What does Bourdain discover about the kitchen staff at the Rainbow Room?

6. Where and when does Bourdain's love affair with food begin?

7. What sort of worker does Bourdain value most?

8. Who are Gianni Scappin and Pino Luongo?

9. What does Bourdain philosophize while in bed on a Sunday morning?

10. What does the owner of Mario's ask Bourdain and Dimitri to do?

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