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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. Who helps Peter stock his wine cellar?
(a) Uncle Edward
(b) Christian
(c) Menicucci
(d) Faustin

2. What did Peter find after driving a half hour on his way to his friend's house?
(a) a sea of trailers
(b) beautiful grand hotels
(c) a castle
(d) a lake with sail boats

3. What do the sanitation men mind that is left for them to clean up?
(a) degeuleuse
(b) mouldy food
(c) animaux morts
(d) serviettes hygieniques

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

5. Who is summoned to fix the washed out drive?
(a) Massot
(b) Faustin
(c) Sanchez
(d) Claude

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the Mayles' guest who is disaster-prone?

2. What present do the workers give the Mayles?

3. Why can't the meter reader read the Mayles' meter?

4. What were the pieges a feu that Massot threatened to use against the Germans?

5. What is the main event of Christmas in Provence?

Short Essay Questions

1. List the locals who come to the Mayles for Christmas tips and tell what they bring as gifts

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

3. What does Menicucci do at the Mayles house in August?

4. What does Faustin advise the Mayles to do and why?

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

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

7. Who is Roger and what happens to him?

8. In what year does Massot plan to sell his home and why?

9. Describe the rusty contraption Peter finds at the edge of the vineyard.

10. What English Christmas festivities did the Mayles miss?

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