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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Handful of Cherries.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do the friends of the Balzar meet in November before their breakfast with Bucher to talk strategy?
(a) A room at the film school.
(b) The Balzar.
(c) The Cafe de Flores.
(d) Mme. de Lavigne's apartment.

2. What is the name of the restaurant that Gopnik dreams about opening that would only serve game?
(a) Les Fauves.
(b) Sur le Toit.
(c) La Chanson.
(d) Le Lavigne.

3. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) They find out they are expecting a baby.
(b) They find a new apartment.
(c) They are given a dog.
(d) Their grandparents come for a surpise visit.

4. What is the stadium eventually named in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) L'espirit de Sport.
(b) Place Zinedine.
(c) Le Stade Platini.
(d) The French Stadium.

5. Where did Gopnik first hear the term "lessons from things."
(a) He heard it on the radio.
(b) He heard it in the play Tartouffe.
(c) It is a French school term.
(d) He read it in a novel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Adam and Martha buy from BHV, that they had to return in The Winter Circus?

2. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?

3. What position did the Rookie play?

4. Which area of Paris does Gopnik find his apartment in?

5. What is the name of the post-structuralist philosopher that enjoys French cuisine?

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