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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. What season was over?
(a) the tourist season
(b) the skiing season
(c) the hunting season
(d) the soccer season
2. Who is the tile-layer?
(a) Trufelli
(b) Didier
(c) Claude
(d) Christian
3. What occupation does Tony, the Englishman , have?
(a) He's a lawyer.
(b) He's an executive in advertising
(c) He's a banker
(d) He's an accountant
4. Peter offers a ride to whom?
(a) three German tourists
(b) two Italians
(c) a Swiss man
(d) two Australian students
5. What pets did the family take with them?
(a) 2 cats
(b) 2 dogs
(c) a monkey and a parakeet
(d) a bird and a cat
Short Answer Questions
1. How are the truffles which the Mayles eat prepared?
2. What did Peter Mayle plan to buy to protect himself from unwanted guests?
3. How does Massot decide to discourage the Germans from camping in the national park?
4. What about the insurance agent pleases the Mayles?
5. How lond a trip was it to go buy a loaf of bread?
Short Essay Questions
1. The dinner party the Mayles are invited to is memorable for what reason?
2. What is Monsieur Menicucci's theory about why the winters in Provence were becoming colder?
3. What strikes you about the students in Aix?
4. Describe in a sentence or two the bicycle trip the Mayles took on the first of May.
5. How does donating blood in Provence differ from donating blood in England?
6. Retell briefly the story Massot told about a peasant who coveted his neighbor's house.
7. Why did Peter write that the final week in April ended on a sour note?
8. What is the arrangement the Mayles have with their neighbors concerning the grapes grown on the property?
9. What does Menicucci's assistant wear in April?
10. Why were the journalists happy about the lead story "Provence Under Blanket of Snow?"
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