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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Gopnik, what is the unforgiving idol of New York?
(a) Baseball.
(b) Blues.
(c) Money.
(d) The Office.

3. How long does Gopnik braise a lamb for, when he prepares dinner for Waters?
(a) Four hours.
(b) Seven hours.
(c) Sixteen hours.
(d) Twenty minutes.

4. What is at the opening of the parade for the beginning of the World Cup?
(a) Four inflatable dolls representing different nationallities.
(b) A gigantic soccer ball float carrying French school children.
(c) A procession of famous soccer players.
(d) A large marching band.

5. What does the Rookie sprinkle on his ball to keep anyone from hitting it?
(a) Some sand from the dugout.
(b) A frew drops of milk from his bottle.
(c) Some tea leaves.
(d) A few tears.

6. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?
(a) By creating a broth.
(b) By drinking a glass of wine.
(c) By chopping onions.
(d) By peeling potatoes.

7. Which is not one of the girls from Luke's two-year old gym class mentioned in Barney?
(a) Jolie.
(b) Amandine.
(c) Neige.
(d) Patrice.

8. How many weeks of vacation are the French people guaranteed by law?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

9. What sound awakens Gopnik on his first morning at home on the Left Bank?
(a) The humm of the French radio.
(b) The drum of the city traffic.
(c) The sound of organ music.
(d) The neighbors listening to Mozart.

10. When the clinic is locked upon the Gopnik's arrival, who opens the door?
(a) A sleepy midwife.
(b) A janitor.
(c) Adam.
(d) The owner of the clinic.

11. Who calls and tells Gopnik that things are not going well with the Balzar in A Handful of Cherries?
(a) Claude.
(b) Lorenzo.
(c) Rene.
(d) Jean-Paul.

12. What is the name of the real life pitcher that Gopnik includes in his bedtime story, The Rookie?
(a) Christy Matthewson.
(b) J. Reuben Meyers.
(c) John J. McGraw.
(d) Babe Ruth.

13. 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.

14. What mistake does Gopnik make while decorating the Christmas tree in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) He hangs the ornaments upside down.
(b) He leaves off the angel.
(c) He hangs lights that do not work.
(d) He puts the branches through the lights rather than tying them on.

15. What do the Gopnik's receive when they leave the sonogram visit?
(a) A box of truffles.
(b) A calendar.
(c) An outfit for the baby.
(d) A small stapled album of images of the fetus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the clinic where the Gopniks go to have their baby?

2. What is the most important lesson Gopnik has learned in Paris.

3. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?

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

5. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?

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