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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the clinic where the Gopniks go to have their baby?
(a) Neuilly.
(b) Versailles.
(c) The sixth arrondissement.
(d) Near the Louvre.

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

3. What is the name of the young publisher who gives a speech at the Balzar that gets media coverage?
(a) Maurice Revelli.
(b) Lorenzo Valentin.
(c) Andre Bertillini.
(d) Jacques D'Artere.

4. Who bathes the baby in Like a King?
(a) Adam.
(b) The doctor.
(c) Martha.
(d) Adam and the nurse.

5. Why is Martha happy her little girl will be born in Paris rather than New York?
(a) Because she wants an excuse to name her daughter Paris.
(b) Because she is excited for the longer French hospital stay.
(c) Because her friends in New York all have two boys.
(d) Because she dislikes the hospitals in New York.

6. What does Bucher offer the waiters who leave the Balzar.
(a) He offers them nothing.
(b) He offers them a reccommendation.
(c) He offers them a position in one of his other restaurants.
(d) A fat envelope.

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

8. What surprise do the Gopnik's receive at Christmas in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) They are given a dog.
(b) Their grandparents come for a surpise visit.
(c) They find a new apartment.
(d) They find out they are expecting a baby.

9. What sickness does Luke contract in A Machine to Draw the World?
(a) Lupis.
(b) Scarlet fever.
(c) Mono.
(d) Salmonella.

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

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

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

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

14. What movies does Luke form an attachment to in Barney?
(a) Lucky Luke.
(b) Charlie Chaplin Films.
(c) Asterix.
(d) Babar.

15. Why does Luke refuse to enter the Barthelemy on rue de Grenelle?
(a) He does not like the smell.
(b) He is afraid of the Butcher.
(c) He loves to play hopscotch outside the store instead.
(d) He carcasses of meat scare him.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the clinic is locked upon the Gopnik's arrival, who opens the door?

2. What is the name of the American author of the cookbook, which includes some recipes from the Balzar?

3. What does the Rookie sprinkle on his ball to keep anyone from hitting it?

4. What doesn't Luke like on his hamburger?

5. What is at the opening of the parade for the beginning of the World Cup?

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