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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After talking with Bernard what do the Mayles decide to do?
(a) give Bernard a gift.
(b) ask Bernard to stay for dinner
(c) invite people to come and use the pool.
(d) Purchase insurance for the house.

2. What make of car was in the first automobile accident Peter encountered in Provence?
(a) a Volkswagen
(b) a Jaguar
(c) a Mercedes
(d) a Peugeot

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

4. What did Peter Mayle plan to buy to protect himself from unwanted guests?
(a) a book on how to say no
(b) an answering machine
(c) a gun
(d) several vicious dogs

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did they have to move the stone table to get it into the courtyard?

2. Who is the architect?

3. What occupation does Tony, the Englishman , have?

4. Where had Tony found a house that interested him?

5. What activity followed the luncheon Monsieur and Madame Menicucci attended?

(see the answer key)

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