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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What profession does Antoine Jacobsohn hold?
(a) He is a chef.
(b) He is an agricultural scientist.
(c) He is a restaurant owner.
(d) He is a food critic.

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

3. Why does Adam have to go back to the apartment before Martha can receive an epidural?
(a) He had left the paperwork there.
(b) He needed Martha's identification cards.
(c) Martha wanted Luke to be present.
(d) He needed to get the telephone number for Martha's New York physician.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the restaurant that Gopnik dreams about opening that would only serve game?

2. What ability does the Rookie have when he is discovered?

3. Why is Alice in Paris?

4. What goal does Gopnik set in The World Cup?

5. How does Gopnik usually begin cooking?

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