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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. Which tree was beginning to blossom in March?
(a) the dogwood tree
(b) the pear tree
(c) the almond tree
(d) the apple tree
2. Which of the Mayles' trees blossomed on Easter weekend?
(a) the apple trees
(b) the dogwood trees
(c) the pear trees
(d) the cherry trees
3. The Mayles' home is situated between which two villages?
(a) Menerbes and Bonnieux
(b) Cannes and Nice
(c) Amiens and Reims
(d) Nimes and Montpelier
4. What about the insurance agent pleases the Mayles?
(a) his professionalism
(b) his manners
(c) his optimism
(d) his punctuality
5. What provided a final confirmation that warmer weather had arrived?
(a) Monsieur Menicucci's wardrobe changed.
(b) The Mayles' asparagus was ready to pick.
(c) There were flies in the house.
(d) The locals started to go swimming.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the painter?
2. What guide book do the Mayles become familiar with?
3. Where did the Mayles purchase their bicycles?
4. How does the French housewife differ from others when she goes to market?
5. What French machine does Peter Mayle first plan to use to move the large stone table?
Short Essay Questions
1. List some of the flyers the advertising industry puts on windshields in June
2. Why were the journalists happy about the lead story "Provence Under Blanket of Snow?"
3. What is Lucerne?
4. Describe some of the hand and finger movements the French use to express themselves.
5. What does Menicucci's assistant wear in April?
6. What is Monsieur Menicucci's theory about why the winters in Provence were becoming colder?
7. Describe the clothes Thierry Fructus, the insurance agent, wore.
8. Explain why Peter was cheered up by the story he hears about Christian , his architect
9. Describe Pierrot of Lacoste
10. How does donating blood in Provence differ from donating blood in England?
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