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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 old is Monsieur Menicucci?
(a) 62
(b) 58
(c) 36
(d) 49
2. The ruins of what chateau do they see on their bicycle ride?
(a) the chateau of the Marquis de Sade
(b) the chateau of the richest man ever to have lived in Provence
(c) Napoleon Bonaparte's Provencal chateau
(d) the chateau Voltair lived in for a while when he wrote his books
3. Where did the Mayles purchase their bicycles?
(a) Buoux
(b) Bonnieux
(c) Cavaillon
(d) Isle-sur-la- Sorgue
4. Who is the painter?
(a) Ramon
(b) Mastorino
(c) Zanchi
(d) Penelope
5. Because it was so still in the valley in February what did Monsieur Massot say one could hear?
(a) a cat purring from a distance of 20 feet
(b) the flowers coming up under the snow
(c) the snow falling
(d) a mouse fart
Short Answer Questions
1. The January meal the Mayles were invited to started with what food?
2. What was the surprising thing about Monsieur Bagnois, the floor-cleaner?
3. What French machine does Peter Mayle first plan to use to move the large stone table?
4. How is the insurance agent dressed?
5. How are the truffles which the Mayles eat prepared?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the market in Coustellet.
2. What strikes you about the students in Aix?
3. What is Monsieur Menicucci's theory about why the winters in Provence were becoming colder?
4. What are the two things Antoine Massot, the Mayles' neighbor, likes to talk about with people he meets?
5. What were the reasons Faustin gave to Peter Mayle for no longer growing melons?
6. List some of the flyers the advertising industry puts on windshields in June
7. Why did Peter write that the final week in April ended on a sour note?
8. Describe some of the hand and finger movements the French use to express themselves.
9. Describe the two photographs which appeared in the newspaper.
10. How does donating blood in Provence differ from donating blood in England?
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