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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main event of Christmas in Provence?
(a) the church services
(b) the food
(c) the exchange of presents
(d) the parties

2. What does Faustin suggest because a cold winter is predicted?
(a) the Mayles buy heavier winter clothing
(b) the Mayles stock their pantry with extra food
(c) the Mayles buy some skis
(d) the Mayles have their chimney swept

3. Who wrote the Provencal song they sang after the speeches?
(a) Maurice Ravel
(b) Claude Debussy
(c) Antoine Mouchou
(d) Frederic Mistral

4. What did Massot say to Peter that was uncharacteristic of him?
(a) " I think I'll give a big party".
(b) "I'll never cook a fox again".
(c) "I don't hate the Germans anymore".
(d) "Nature is wearing her prettiest clothes".

5. What had achieved the importance of a minor industry in the Vaucluse in September?
(a) housebreaking
(b) fishing
(c) selling books
(d) outdoor markets

6. What happened to the elegant gathering when Vivaldi was replaced by Little Richard?
(a) The guests protested.
(b) The elegant guests became loose and danced wildly.
(c) The guests were shocked.
(d) The guests left in a huff.

7. The Mayles are surprised at the French fondness for what?
(a) American music
(b) Shakespeare
(c) guns
(d) fast food

8. What did Massot find that proved to him that Germans had camped in the park?
(a) a German/French pocket dictionary
(b) bananna peels
(c) two empty sardine cans and a wine bottle
(d) cigarette wrappers

9. What is Henriette, Faustin's wife, handy at?
(a) entertaining
(b) sewing
(c) servicing their truck as a mechanic
(d) baking

10. Who is rumored to have bought a house in Provence?
(a) Doris Day
(b) Leslie Caron
(c) Ringo Star
(d) Brigitte Bardot

11. What was the appearance of the hall where the investiture was to take place?
(a) a rustic building in the French Provencal style
(b) a Rococo building with fancy sculpted decorations inside and out
(c) a box-like building of raw brick and aluminum-trimmed glass
(d) a building that looked like a convent

12. Who delivered the opening speech?
(a) the president of the society
(b) the Mayles' friend
(c) the mayor
(d) a local priest

13. Why can't the meter reader read the Mayles' meter?
(a) An ant colony has made a nest there.
(b) Hornets have nested there.
(c) Bees have stored their honey there.
(d) The Mistral damaged the meter.

14. What does Menicucci remind Peter to do?
(a) check his water pipes
(b) order oil for the central heating system
(c) pay him and his work team
(d) praise Menicucci's workers for their good job

15. Who advises the Mayles about olive oil?
(a) Madame Colette
(b) Madame Sophia
(c) Madame Lucille
(d) Madame Soliva

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Mayles hope the sanitation men would do with the tip they gave them?

2. Who wanted to go through the crowd of spectators and goats and drivers?

3. What did Massot plan to possibly do when he retired and sold his home?

4. What was the party that the Mayles attended in Gordes?

5. How did the hunters find a lost dog?

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