View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who delivered the opening speech?
(a) the president of the society
(b) the mayor
(c) the Mayles' friend
(d) a local priest

2. Where was Peter's friend's house built?
(a) on a mountain
(b) on the sea coast
(c) in the pine forests outside Rmatuelle
(d) in a small village

3. Where are the grapes weighed and tested for alcoholic content?
(a) Lubryon
(b) Maubec
(c) Goult
(d) Bonnieux

4. What was the Cote d'Azur like when Peter visited it?
(a) a vision of beauty
(b) a romantic seaside resort
(c) a nightmare of congested traffic and oily bodies lying flank to flank on the beach
(d) a draw for movie stars and celebrities

5. Who is the Mayles' guest who is disaster-prone?
(a) Pierre
(b) Lydia
(c) Tony
(d) Bennett

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the appearance of the hall where the investiture was to take place?

2. Who wanted to go through the crowd of spectators and goats and drivers?

3. When the Mayles finally see Santa Claus what is he doing?

4. Who is Monsieur Aude?

5. What does Menicucci remind Peter to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Roger and what happens to him?

2. What English Christmas festivities did the Mayles miss?

3. How do the men of Provence prepare for hunting season?

4. Describe the man Peter meets in the forest.

5. What were some of the "August Sayings" of visitors to Provence?

6. Why did the grapes on the Mayles' land have to be picked?

7. Describe the plan Madame Mayle has for getting the workmen back on the job to complete the work before Christmas.

8. Describe the woman who advises the Mayles about olive oil.

9. How does Peter stock his wine cellar?

10. At the suggestion of Bernard, the pool man, where do the Mayles go to eat?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 724 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample