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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did the Mayles go for lunch after visiting Isle-sur-Sorgue?
(a) Bonnieux
(b) Cavaillon
(c) Nimes
(d) Buoux

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

4. The Mayles' home is situated between which two villages?
(a) Menerbes and Bonnieux
(b) Nimes and Montpelier
(c) Amiens and Reims
(d) Cannes and Nice

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What guide book do the Mayles become familiar with?

2. Which cafe of the Cours Mirabeau is the most memorable?

3. What did Faustin do in the winter?

4. Lengthy discussions were held between which two people during the planting?

5. What animal had Monsieur Massot shot?

(see the answer key)

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