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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the association of friends of the Balzar hesitant to support the waiters in their walkout?
(a) They are worried about retaliation.
(b) They don't want their favorite restaurant to be closed.
(c) They do not feel that it will work.
(d) They don't want to openly ruin their arrangement with Bucher.

2. Where does Adam go to fill out the birth certificate for Olivia?
(a) He has to fax in forms to New York.
(b) The nurse gives him a form at the hospital.
(c) City Hall.
(d) He goes to the main administration building in Paris.

3. What does Gopnik drink during his lunch with Quelin?
(a) Madiran.
(b) Champagne.
(c) Vodka.
(d) Water.

4. What is the most important lesson Gopnik has learned in Paris.
(a) He has learned to speak French.
(b) He has learned to cook.
(c) He has learned how to dress fashionably.
(d) He has learned to navigate the metro.

5. What does Adam and Martha miss about New York in The Rookie?
(a) The consensual anonymity.
(b) The carrot cake.
(c) The newspapers.
(d) Central Park.

6. What is the name of the clinic that Adam and Martha chose?
(a) Clinique Marie.
(b) Clinique de Liberite.
(c) Clinique Saint-Isabelle.
(d) Clinique Saint Cloude.

7. Which is not one of the players for the French soccer team mentioned in The World Cup?
(a) Zidane.
(b) Djorkaeff.
(c) Karembeu.
(d) Ladue.

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

9. What is Gopnik's favorite sport?
(a) Hockey.
(b) Football.
(c) Baseball.
(d) Basketball.

10. What political figure does Gopnik compare Barney to?
(a) Oprah.
(b) George Bush.
(c) Joseph McCarthy.
(d) Bill Clinton.

11. How old is the Rookie when he is discovered in 1908?
(a) 12
(b) 18.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

12. What does Gopnik bring back from his New York business trip to share with Luke in The Rookie?
(a) A collection of baseball cards.
(b) A video game of baseball.
(c) A PBS series on baseball.
(d) New mitts and baseball bats.

13. Where did Alice own a restaurant prior to her visit to France?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Boston.

14. What news do the Gopnik's receive in April in A Machine to draw the World?
(a) They are told they are expecting a baby.
(b) They find out Luke has a terminal illness.
(c) They find out Gopnik's job is being disolved.
(d) They are told they have three months to move.

15. What is Gopnik's opinion of Mitterrand's grand projects such as the library?
(a) They do not impress him.
(b) He is indifferent to them.
(c) He finds them very homey.
(d) He is awestruck by them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color do all the obstetricians in Paris wear?

2. What is the name of the poet who wrote about the wrapping of a sugar cube?

3. Where is Alice Waters from originally?

4. What bothers Gopnik most about soccer?

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

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