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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through December.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is necessary in order to buy a car in France?
(a) letter of recommendation from a Frenchman
(b) marriage certificate
(c) birth certificate
(d) proof of residence in France

2. What provided a final confirmation that warmer weather had arrived?
(a) The locals started to go swimming.
(b) The Mayles' asparagus was ready to pick.
(c) There were flies in the house.
(d) Monsieur Menicucci's wardrobe changed.

3. Who wanted to go through the crowd of spectators and goats and drivers?
(a) a funeral procession
(b) a woman in a car looking for the auto route.
(c) several drunks who refused to get out of the way
(d) a farner taking his cattle to market

4. What saved the Mayles from having to have more drinks after the meal?
(a) the dog
(b) the cat
(c) a baby crying
(d) a sudden drop in the temperature

5. Lengthy discussions were held between which two people during the planting?
(a) one of the men and his wife
(b) the two closest friends
(c) the two people farthest away from each other
(d) two people working side by side

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Cote d'Azur like when Peter visited it?

2. Why was the Mayles' friend looking ill at ease when they found him at the dinner?

3. What was the tourist joke Faustin told about the English?

4. What did the Mayles' lawyer friend object to in Provence?

5. The euphoria of bicycling lasted until what?

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