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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. How does the taxidermy shop make most of its money in Winter Circus?
(a) Stuffing animals for various zoos.
(b) Stuffing beloved family pets.
(c) Stuffing exotic animals from hunting expeditions.
(d) Selling bugs and butterflies to collectors.

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

3. Which is not one of the estimates of the number of domaine prive apartments listed in the chapter Private Domain?
(a) More than 4000.
(b) 1500.
(c) 3000.
(d) 1300.

4. 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.

5. Who appointed Juppe to his position as Prime Minister?
(a) Edouard Balladur.
(b) He was voted in by the populace.
(c) Jacques Chirac.
(d) Christine Ockrent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Adam take Luke on rainy days?

2. Which is not one of the restaurants mentioned in the first chapter, Paris to the Moon?

3. What year did Gopnik enjoy his first stay in Paris for one year?

4. What is the name of Adam's cousin who had fled Paris for London and made a small fortune in banking?

5. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?

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