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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. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?
(a) He is a chauffeur.
(b) He is a chef.
(c) He is a doctor.
(d) He is a professor.

2. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?
(a) Sinclair and Faulkner.
(b) Dickinson and Hemingway.
(c) Fitzgerald and Twain.
(d) Roth and Updike.

3. What restaurant does Gopnik attend at the end of The Crisis of French Cooking where he has a wonderful French meal?
(a) Derenne.
(b) Tournesol.
(c) Spago.
(d) Lexards.

4. After the tourist, a successful writer, formed a complaint against the tower employee in Trouble at the Tower, what action was taken?
(a) Nothing happened and her complaint was dismissed.
(b) The woman was barred from riding the tower again.
(c) The woman was credited money.
(d) The employee was fired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Luke refuse to enter the Barthelemy on rue de Grenelle?

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

3. What is the name of the taxidermy shop on rue du Bac?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where the waiters invite Gopnik to dinner after they have left the Balzar?

5. What mistake does Gopnik make while decorating the Christmas tree in A Machine to Draw the World?

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