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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Winter Circus—The Strike and The Winter Circus, Christmas Journal 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Luke like to do outside the toy store on the boulevard Saint-Germain?
(a) Listen to the street performers.
(b) Look at the window at the displays.
(c) Eat a giant scoop of ice cream.
(d) Ride the musical horse.

2. How many remotes does Gopnik receive for his television in Winter Circus?
(a) 1.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

3. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?
(a) They went there on their honeymoon.
(b) They stayed there for a week before they were married.
(c) They had never been to Paris together before the move in 1995.
(d) They lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.

4. How does Paris look at the time of the strike in the chapter, The Strike?
(a) The city seems gray and drab in the wake of all the negative strike propaganda.
(b) It is very dirty due to the sanitation workers striking.
(c) It seems cheerful and sunny and spring is coming.
(d) It is decorated for Christmas.

5. Which area of Paris does Gopnik find his apartment in?
(a) He isn't able to find an apartment in Paris and moves to the suburbs.
(b) The Fourth Arrondissment.
(c) The Seventh Arrondissement.
(d) The Sixth Arrondissement.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class is most enthusiastic about the strikes in France?

2. How much had Juppe rented his apartment to himself for?

3. Where is Luke's baby-sitter Nisha from?

4. What movie star did Gopnik and his cousin fall in love with, when they were boys?

5. Which is not one of the animals mentioned in the taxidermy shop in Winter Circus?

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