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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the satirical paper that Gopnik buys every Wednesday?
(a) Les Deux Enfants.
(b) Le Canard Enchaine.
(c) L'Olympus.
(d) Le Monde.

2. Where did Papon flee to after he was convicted?
(a) Belgium.
(b) Germany.
(c) Switzerland.
(d) Sweden.

3. What is not one of the names suggested for the new stadium in The Rules of the Sport?
(a) They wanted to name it after Saint-Exupery.
(b) Place Zinedine.
(c) Le Stade Platini.
(d) Verlaine.

4. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?
(a) 500.
(b) 50.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 1,500.

5. 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) 1300.
(c) 1500.
(d) 3000.

6. Which publication first revealed that Juppe had leased an apartment from the domaine privee of the city of Paris?
(a) The weekly comic paper Le Canard Enchaine.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) The British paper, The Financial Times.
(d) Le Monde.

7. What nationality was the tourist that got off on the first platform rather than the second in Trouble at the Tower?
(a) British.
(b) American.
(c) Canadian.
(d) German.

8. What food does Gopnik miss more than any other American food in Distant Errors?
(a) Soup.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Pizza.
(d) A bran muffin.

9. How long did the jury deliberate in the Papon case?
(a) One hour.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) Three days.
(d) All night.

10. What gym did Adam and Martha first try out on in Paris?
(a) Place Americaine.
(b) Haussmann.
(c) The health club at the Ritz.
(d) Regiment Rouge.

11. How does Gopnik's turkey in The Strike compare with his previous experiences with turkeys?
(a) It has a very tough texture, but still tastes good.
(b) It is the best tasting turkey he has ever had.
(c) It is much more salty than he remembers turkey being.
(d) It tastes much poorer than other turkeys he has had.

12. Where does Adam take Luke on rainy days?
(a) The Ritz pool.
(b) The toy store.
(c) The taxidermy shop.
(d) The Luxembourg Gardens.

13. What color is the marquee of the Cafe Deux Magots?
(a) White with red lettering.
(b) Green with gilt lettering.
(c) Black with gilt lettering.
(d) White with green lettering.

14. How did Adam first hear about the bomb going off in the Left Bank?
(a) From the street sweeper.
(b) In the newspaper, Le Monde.
(c) From the lady who keeps the striped-pajama boutique.
(d) From the television.

15. What is the name of the magazine that Adam Gopnik works as a correspondent for?
(a) Better Homes and Garden.
(b) Time Magazine.
(c) Wired.
(d) The New Yorker.

Short Answer Questions

1. What magazine is Nicole Wisniak an editor for?

2. What was the profession of Gopnik's parents?

3. What company was M. Meyssonier the president of?

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

5. How did the prosecution consider Papon's sentence?

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