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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long do the students at the cafe keep their sunglasses on?
(a) until the sun goes down
(b) until an acquaintance is identified at one of the tables.
(c) until the waiter arrives
(d) the whole time they're at the cafe

2. Why did Christian turn down the job offer?
(a) he had too many other jobs to do
(b) The work had to be done in too short a time.
(c) the job wasn't challenging enough
(d) the pay wasn't enough

3. What did the Mayles' lawyer friend object to in Provence?
(a) men kissing each other
(b) the high price of food
(c) the bad manners of the people
(d) the heavy accent in Provence

4. What did Faustin do in the winter?
(a) He was a traveling slaughterer
(b) He wrote for the local newspaper
(c) He was a tour guide
(d) He worked in a restaurant

5. Where did the Mayles purchase their bicycles?
(a) Cavaillon
(b) Bonnieux
(c) Buoux
(d) Isle-sur-la- Sorgue

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the tile-layer?

2. What guide book do the Mayles become familiar with?

3. Who arrived to inspect what the planting team had done?

4. What did one thick-set old man with a florid nose ask the nurse when she couldn't prick the tough skin of his thumb?

5. What pets did the family take with them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Lucerne?

2. Describe the person who makes a telephone call to the Mayles at the end of March.

3. What is Monsieur Menicucci's theory about why the winters in Provence were becoming colder?

4. What were the reasons Faustin gave to Peter Mayle for no longer growing melons?

5. Describe the market in Coustellet.

6. Describe Pierrot of Lacoste

7. Retell briefly the story Massot told about a peasant who coveted his neighbor's house.

8. How does donating blood in Provence differ from donating blood in England?

9. What does Massot do in this chapter to keep tourists out of the National Park?

10. Describe some of the changes in Monsieur Menicucci's wardrobe in April.

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