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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 Peter Mayle plan to buy to protect himself from unwanted guests?
(a) several vicious dogs
(b) a gun
(c) a book on how to say no
(d) an answering machine

2. What was the grandfather's favorite soap opera?
(a) Santa Barbara
(b) Dynasty
(c) Days of Our Lives
(d) Dallas

3. What does Madame Mayle purchase in an antique dealer's town one Sunday?
(a) a plaster bust of Delacroix
(b) a plaster bust of Voltaire
(c) a plaster bust of Chopin
(d) a plaster bust of Victor Hugo

4. What was the specialty of the hostess where the Mayles were invited for dinner?
(a) A casserole of rabbit crivet
(b) stuffed roast pig
(c) leg of lamb
(d) cheddar quiche

5. How are the truffles which the Mayles eat prepared?
(a) baked with chicken breasts
(b) included in salads
(c) baked in omelettes
(d) broiled with fish

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter offers a ride to whom?

2. How is the insurance agent dressed?

3. What's a good description of Massot's dogs?

4. What kind of workmen did Tony plan to hire to work on his house?

5. The ruins of what chateau do they see on their bicycle ride?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What gift did the pool man give to the Mayles?

3. What does the Mayles' temporary kitchen consist of?

4. What does Menicucci's assistant wear in April?

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

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

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

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

9. Describe Bernard, the man who was in charge of cleaning the Mayles' pool.

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

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