2. What was the weather like in October?
(a) It was extremely hot and humid.
(b) It snowed.
(c) The days were warm enough for swimming , the nigths cool enough for a fire.
(d) It was bitterly cold.

3. What year does Massot feel would be the ideal year to sell his home?
(a) 1993
(b) 1992
(c) 1995
(d) 1994

4. What terrible story did Faustin tell about a fire near Grase?
(a) He said that the airplanes dropping water on the fire picked up a swimmer and drooped him into the fire with the water.
(b) He said a big festival to be held in that area had been cancelled.
(c) He said that all the forests of the area had burned to the ground.
(d) He said that many inhabitants of the area died.

5. What game do the Mayles play at the end of July?
(a) a game of boules
(b) a game of golf
(c) a game of croquet
(d) a game of tennis

6. Who is the Mayles' guest who is disaster-prone?
(a) Pierre
(b) Bennett
(c) Tony
(d) Lydia

7. Who is Monsieur Aude?
(a) a stone sculptor
(b) an iron artist
(c) a local chef
(d) a local painter

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

9. 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) offering them more money if they finished before Christmas
(c) threatening to hire other workmen if they didn't finish before Christmas
(d) Inviting the workmen and their wives to a party the Sunday before Christmas.

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

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

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

13. What do Faustin, his wife and daughters use to harvest the table grapes?
(a) scissors
(b) a special kind of knife
(c) a prining shears
(d) their hands

14. Where was Peter's friend's house built?
(a) on the sea coast
(b) in the pine forests outside Rmatuelle
(c) in a small village
(d) on a mountain

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