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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 did one thick-set old man with a florid nose ask the nurse when she couldn't prick the tough skin of his thumb?
(a) "Are you afraid to hurt me?"
(b) "Are you a real nurse"
(c) "Don't you like my looks?"
(d) "Do you want me to fetch the butcher?"

2. The Mayles began their year in Provence on what holiday?
(a) Easter
(b) Bastille Day
(c) New Year's Eve
(d) Christmas Eve

3. How is the insurance agent dressed?
(a) like a performer from Las Vegas
(b) like a country gentleman
(c) like a laborer
(d) like a banker

4. What gift does Bernard, the pool man, give to the Mayles?
(a) some fruit from his orchard
(b) a rubber raft
(c) some cookies his wife baked
(d) a floating armchair

5. How do the students following cafe deportment arrive?
(a) carrying books
(b) as conspicuously as possible
(c) blowing kisses
(d) waving to their friends

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking with Bernard what do the Mayles decide to do?

2. What was the surprising thing about Monsieur Bagnois, the floor-cleaner?

3. What did Peter Mayle plan to buy to protect himself from unwanted guests?

4. Who started calling the Mayles in February?

5. What did the Mayles plan to do with the enclosed courtyard in back of their house?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the Mayles purchase a house in Provence?

2. What is the arrangement the Mayles have with their neighbors concerning the grapes grown on the property?

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

4. List some of the things on the menu at the restaurant the Mayles visited in Buoux.

5. Explain one of the chief difficulties faced when purchasing a house in Provence?

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

7. What was the biggest obstacle to the Mayles in buying a house in Provence?

8. Describe some of the hand and finger movements the French use to express themselves.

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

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

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