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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Mayles do immediately when they return home from their bicycle trip?
(a) They take a shower.
(b) They dive into their pool
(c) They have a cool drink.
(d) They wash the dust off their bicycles.

2. How many people move the stone table into the courtyard?
(a) four
(b) seven
(c) eight
(d) six

3. Which tree was beginning to blossom in March?
(a) the dogwood tree
(b) the apple tree
(c) the pear tree
(d) the almond tree

4. What did Faustin do in the winter?
(a) He was a tour guide
(b) He was a traveling slaughterer
(c) He worked in a restaurant
(d) He wrote for the local newspaper

5. What did the Mayles plan to do with the enclosed courtyard in back of their house?
(a) turn it into an open-air living room
(b) keep horses in it
(c) turn it into a tennis court-
(d) turn it into a garden

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people were on the planting team?

2. What animal had Monsieur Massot shot?

3. The euphoria of bicycling lasted until what?

4. Who started calling the Mayles in February?

5. Why did Christian turn down the job offer?

(see the answer key)

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