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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first problem the Mayles encounter in the novel?
(a) the Mistral
(b) irate neighbors
(c) homesickness
(d) high prices

2. Where is the heating system located?
(a) behind the house
(b) beside the pool
(c) in the courtyard
(d) in what used to be the donkey dormitory

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

4. What do buyers of a house in Provence try to avoid?
(a) paying the lawyer.
(b) paying the asking price of the house.
(c) paying the realtor
(d) paying the full amount of taxes on the purchase.

5. The euphoria of bicycling lasted until what?
(a) they started to get over-heated
(b) they became ravenously hungry
(c) they became very thirsty
(d) they began the climb up to Bonnieux

Short Answer Questions

1. From whom had the Mayles bought their bicycles?

2. Whom did Peter call when there was a problem with the house or property?

3. What takes place at the Mayles' house in August?

4. What were the merchants Peter encountered on his visit to this friend like?

5. What pets did the family take with them?

(see the answer key)

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