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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas?
(a) breaking into tears in front of the workmen at the prospect of not having the work done before Christmas.
(b) Inviting the workmen and their wives to a party the Sunday before Christmas.
(c) offering them more money if they finished before Christmas
(d) threatening to hire other workmen if they didn't finish before Christmas

3. What is a toilette a la Turque?
(a) a fancy turkish bathroom with a bidet
(b) a restroom in a grand French hotel
(c) a primitive restroom consisting of a hole positioned between two footrests
(d) a French restroom just like the Mayles were used to findin in England

4. What present do the workers give the Mayles?
(a) a music box which plays the French national anthem
(b) a bust of Napoleon
(c) a signed photo of the workmen and their wives
(d) an antique stone tub filled with flowers

5. What was the hall officially called?
(a) the Salle du Prestige
(b) the Salle des Honneurs
(c) the Salle des Fetes
(d) the Salle des Dignitaires

6. Where do the Mayles go to search for evidence of Christmas?
(a) Aix
(b) Cavaillon
(c) the Cote d'Azur
(d) Bonnieux

7. What was the tourist joke Faustin told about the English?
(a) "What changes from the color of a dead rat to the color of a dead lobster in three hours?"
(b) "Who pays exorbitant prices without blinking an eyelash?"
(c) "Wjp throws up the French food with regularity?"
(d) "Who is so prim and proper they are shocked by the dress of the Provencal peasants?"

8. What is the name of the carpet-layer?
(a) Marc-Antoine
(b) Paul -Pierre
(c) Maurice-Lucien
(d) Jean -Pierre

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

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

11. Why was the Mayles' friend looking ill at ease when they found him at the dinner?
(a) He had dropped food on his tie making a large stain.
(b) There was no bar and no alcohol in sight.
(c) He wasn't feeling well.
(d) He feared giving a speech.

12. What is the man in the woods whom Peter meets wearing?
(a) a hat with netting
(b) a hunting outfit
(c) shorts and a polo shirt
(d) a rubber boot on one food and a running shoe on the other

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

14. Which goats were supposed to do well in the race?
(a) the youngest goats
(b) The ones who made the most droppings before the race.
(c) the goats who had a special diet of herbs
(d) the goats that the local priest had blessed

15. What picture in the calendar he gives Peter does the postman show him?
(a) a picture of the national forest
(b) a picture of the village under snow
(c) a girl wearing two coconut shells
(d) a picture of the the goat race Peter had witnessed

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Peter find after driving a half hour on his way to his friend's house?

2. What do Faustin, his wife and daughters use to harvest the table grapes?

3. Who helps Peter stock his wine cellar?

4. Who were the two uniformed men parked outside the Mayles' house?

5. What year does Massot feel would be the ideal year to sell his home?

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