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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?
(a) He is an agricultural scientist.
(b) He is a chef.
(c) He is a restaurant owner.
(d) He is a food critic.
2. What does the Rookie sprinkle on his ball to keep anyone from hitting it?
(a) A frew drops of milk from his bottle.
(b) A few tears.
(c) Some sand from the dugout.
(d) Some tea leaves.
3. What does Adam and Martha miss about New York in The Rookie?
(a) Central Park.
(b) The consensual anonymity.
(c) The carrot cake.
(d) The newspapers.
4. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) They are given a dog.
(b) They find a new apartment.
(c) Their grandparents come for a surpise visit.
(d) They find out they are expecting a baby.
5. Why is Martha happy her little girl will be born in Paris rather than New York?
(a) Because she dislikes the hospitals in New York.
(b) Because she is excited for the longer French hospital stay.
(c) Because she wants an excuse to name her daughter Paris.
(d) Because her friends in New York all have two boys.
6. What team does the Rookie begin to play for?
(a) The Boston Red Socks.
(b) The St. Louis Cardinals.
(c) The Los Angeles Dodgers.
(d) The New York Giants.
7. Which is not one of the girls from Luke's two-year old gym class mentioned in Barney?
(a) Amandine.
(b) Jolie.
(c) Patrice.
(d) Neige.
8. Who helps Gopnik prepare the meal for Alice?
(a) Antoine Jacobsohn.
(b) Elise Chartreuse.
(c) His wife Martha.
(d) Susan Herrmann Loomis.
9. Who won the World Cup?
(a) Spain.
(b) France.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.
10. When the clinic is locked upon the Gopnik's arrival, who opens the door?
(a) A janitor.
(b) Adam.
(c) A sleepy midwife.
(d) The owner of the clinic.
11. What is the name of the batter who ties himself into a knot?
(a) Terrible Ty Cobb.
(b) Horrible Howard Blowsky.
(c) Jesse the Great.
(d) Big Babe Ruth.
12. Which is not one of the menu items of the Balzar listed in The Balzar Wars?
(a) Profiteroles.
(b) Croque Monsieur.
(c) Grilled Salmon.
(d) Pommes frites.
13. What is the name of the restaurant where the waiters invite Gopnik to dinner after they have left the Balzar?
(a) Le Mignon.
(b) Cafe du Porte.
(c) Relais Beaujolais.
(d) Place Sansuit.
14. What is the name of the poet who wrote about the wrapping of a sugar cube?
(a) T.S. Eliot.
(b) Stephane Mallarme.
(c) Victor Hugo.
(d) Guillaume Apollinaire.
15. What bothers Gopnik most about soccer?
(a) The low scores.
(b) The faking of injuries.
(c) The commentators.
(d) The lack of action.
Short Answer Questions
1. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?
2. How many waiters did the Balzar have?
3. What is the name of the American author of the cookbook, which includes some recipes from the Balzar?
4. Why does Luke refuse to enter the Barthelemy on rue de Grenelle?
5. Where do the Gopnik's spend the month of August while they live in Paris?
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