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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The Mayles are surprised at the French fondness for what?
(a) fast food
(b) American music
(c) guns
(d) Shakespeare
2. How many bakers are listed in the yellow pages in Cavaillon?
(a) fourteen
(b) nineteen
(c) twenty
(d) seventeen
3. What were the pieges a feu that Massot threatened to use against the Germans?
(a) stink bombs
(b) signs warning that it was private property
(c) nets that entangled the legs
(d) concealed snares that exploded when disturbed
4. What is the alcoholic content of the grapes?
(a) 12.88 percent
(b) 11.32 percent
(c) 10.93 percent
(d) 12.32 percent
5. How did the hunters find a lost dog?
(a) They had a special dog whistle.
(b) They went out and called their names.
(c) They left a scrap of sacking or a cushion with the kennel scent on it in the woods.
(d) They waited til the dog found their truck or car.
6. What is the name of the carpet-layer?
(a) Paul -Pierre
(b) Maurice-Lucien
(c) Jean -Pierre
(d) Marc-Antoine
7. What were the local friends of the Mayles recovering from in September?
(a) the flu
(b) a surfeit of guests
(c) the storm that hit in August
(d) the summer heat
8. What was the party that the Mayles attended in Gordes?
(a) an anniversary party
(b) a very formal dinner party
(c) an informal swim party
(d) a birthday party
9. What was the hall officially called?
(a) the Salle du Prestige
(b) the Salle des Fetes
(c) the Salle des Dignitaires
(d) the Salle des Honneurs
10. What terrible story did Faustin tell about a fire near Grase?
(a) He said that all the forests of the area had burned to the ground.
(b) He said that many inhabitants of the area died.
(c) He said that the airplanes dropping water on the fire picked up a swimmer and drooped him into the fire with the water.
(d) He said a big festival to be held in that area had been cancelled.
11. What do the sanitation men mind that is left for them to clean up?
(a) animaux morts
(b) serviettes hygieniques
(c) degeuleuse
(d) mouldy food
12. What did Massot find that proved to him that Germans had camped in the park?
(a) two empty sardine cans and a wine bottle
(b) cigarette wrappers
(c) a German/French pocket dictionary
(d) bananna peels
13. What year does Massot feel would be the ideal year to sell his home?
(a) 1994
(b) 1992
(c) 1995
(d) 1993
14. What was the Cote d'Azur like when Peter visited it?
(a) a draw for movie stars and celebrities
(b) a romantic seaside resort
(c) a nightmare of congested traffic and oily bodies lying flank to flank on the beach
(d) a vision of beauty
15. Why can't the meter reader read the Mayles' meter?
(a) Hornets have nested there.
(b) An ant colony has made a nest there.
(c) Bees have stored their honey there.
(d) The Mistral damaged the meter.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Massot plan to possibly do when he retired and sold his home?
2. Why was the Mayles' friend looking ill at ease when they found him at the dinner?
3. What does Faustin suggest because a cold winter is predicted?
4. Where did Peter's friend who was to be honored live?
5. Whom did Peter call when there was a problem with the house or property?
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