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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ruins of what chateau do they see on their bicycle ride?
(a) the chateau of the Marquis de Sade
(b) the chateau Voltair lived in for a while when he wrote his books
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte's Provencal chateau
(d) the chateau of the richest man ever to have lived in Provence

2. What produced a noise like nuts and bolts clattering in a tin?
(a) workers in the restaurant kitchens
(b) the small Citroen vans that every farmer drove
(c) rain on the roof tops
(d) the local hens

3. How old is the chef of the restaurant where the Mayles dine in Lambesc?
(a) 80
(b) 48
(c) 36
(d) 70

4. How is the insurance agent dressed?
(a) like a performer from Las Vegas
(b) like a country gentleman
(c) like a banker
(d) like a laborer

5. Where had Tony found a house that interested him?
(a) near the coast
(b) in the mountains
(c) in the village
(d) next to the national park

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Faustin ask the Mayles if he can have?

2. How much did Massot feel his house was worth?

3. A car full of tourists from what country wanted to picnic on the Mayles' property?

4. What do the Mayles do immediately when they return home from their bicycle trip?

5. Who arrived to inspect what the planting team had done?

(see the answer key)

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