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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many visitors did Michael say came to CIA each year?
(a) 300,000.
(b) 500,000.
(c) 200,000.
(d) 100,000.

2. Why did Michael leave class right after the knife exam?
(a) Because his daughter was sick.
(b) Because his car was having problems.
(c) Because of the snow.
(d) Because his wife was sick.

3. What did Chef Pardus say that French chefs called their cooking flame?
(a) Shine.
(b) Light.
(c) Simmer.
(d) Piano.

4. Who did Michael go to ask about the brown roux debate?
(a) Chef Jones.
(b) Chef Allen.
(c) Chef Pardus.
(d) Chef Hestnar.

5. How late was Michael to the knife cuts practical exam?
(a) 1 hour.
(b) 15 minutes.
(c) 30 minutes.
(d) 45 minutes.

6. What did Michael say was one of the best books he read on sauces?
(a) The Sauce Book.
(b) Sauces: A Complete Guide.
(c) Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making.
(d) The Saucier's Apprentice.

7. What did Chef Pardus say that Michael was missing when he came to class?
(a) Knives and neckerchief.
(b) Knives and textbook.
(c) Hat and textbook.
(d) Hat and neckerchief.

8. How long was Chef Pardus married?
(a) 11 years.
(b) 13 years.
(c) 12 years.
(d) 10 years.

9. What did McGee say could create astonishing changes in the taste of food?
(a) Simmering.
(b) Spice.
(c) Browning.
(d) Different ingredients.

10. What was name of the first class that Michael took at CIA?
(a) Meat Fabrication.
(b) Culinary Skill Development 1.
(c) Introduction to Gastronomy.
(d) Nutrition Sanitation.

11. Who classified brown sauce as a mother sauce?
(a) Joan Careme.
(b) Marie-Antoine Careme.
(c) Susan Careme.
(d) Michelle Careme.

12. What injury did Chef Pardus suffer while working in the French Quarter?
(a) Broke his wrist.
(b) Twisted his ankle.
(c) Broke his pinky.
(d) Blew out a sciatic nerve.

13. How did Chef Pardus act at the end of day 8?
(a) Exhausted.
(b) Energetic.
(c) Subdued.
(d) Angry.

14. What branch did Chef Pardus say the CIA had recently opened?
(a) A second cooking school.
(b) The CIA in San Fransisco.
(c) A restaurant management academy.
(d) Food and Beverage Institute.

15. What did Chef Pardus say that students were not supposed to do?
(a) Light the oven pilot light.
(b) Bring utensils from home.
(c) Question the instructor.
(d) Wash their own uniforms.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Michael's inspiration for learning to cook?

2. What cooking tool in Chef Pardus's class got ruined because it was left in a pot of water?

3. What had the building that housed the CIA previously been?

4. What cooking procedure did Chef Pardus say was hard to explain?

5. Who would sometimes come to watch the Skills classes?

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