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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On which two continents can one find yams?
(a) Asia and Africa.
(b) South America and Africa.
(c) Asia and Oceania.
(d) Europe and North America.

2. What kind of vitamin do fish and shellfish contain?
(a) Vitamin D.
(b) Vitamin C.
(c) Vitamin A.
(d) Vitamin B.

3. What vitamin do people rely on fruit for?
(a) Vitamin A.
(b) Vitamin D.
(c) Vitamin C.
(d) Vitamin B.

4. What is the best way to cook thin fish?
(a) Baking.
(b) Grilling.
(c) Roasting.
(d) Frying.

5. Why are tomatoes generally considered a fruit?
(a) They have low sugar content.
(b) They have are savoury product.
(c) They have the coloring of a vegetable.
(d) They have high salt content.

6. What dairy product contains several nutrients?
(a) Cream.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Cheese.
(d) Milk.

7. What family is the tomato a member of?
(a) Thorn.
(b) Berry.
(c) Nightshade.
(d) Root.

8. What cooking method often results in tender cooked meat?
(a) Grilling.
(b) Frying.
(c) Barbecuing.
(d) Spit roasting.

9. What part of the egg is the most nutritious?
(a) The white.
(b) The membrane.
(c) The yolk.
(d) The shell.

10. What often turns brown after cutting them?
(a) Potatoes.
(b) Carrots.
(c) Artichokes.
(d) Asparagus.

11. What does drying the meat prevent from growing?
(a) Lactic acid.
(b) Bacteria.
(c) Ant eggs.
(d) Microbes.

12. What family is spinach a member of?
(a) The leaf family.
(b) The root family.
(c) The startch family.
(d) The beet family.

13. What kind of food does the second chapter examine?
(a) Meat.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Greens.

14. What continent does yogurt originate from?
(a) Australasia.
(b) Asia.
(c) Europe.
(d) Africa.

15. What did Louis Pasteur invent in the 1860s?
(a) Heat treatment.
(b) Whipping treatment.
(c) Pasterised treatment.
(d) Skimming treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What method of preparing eggs does the author not recommend?

2. What kind of meat does the author suggest people should grill?

3. What are endives often mixed with to reduce their bitterness?

4. What kind of fish is beheaded, gutted, salted and held at high temperatures for a month?

5. Which of the following is a raw fish dish?

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