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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 is Monsieur Aude?
(a) a local chef
(b) an iron artist
(c) a local painter
(d) a stone sculptor

2. What were the pieges a feu that Massot threatened to use against the Germans?
(a) nets that entangled the legs
(b) stink bombs
(c) signs warning that it was private property
(d) concealed snares that exploded when disturbed

3. What year does Massot feel would be the ideal year to sell his home?
(a) 1994
(b) 1992
(c) 1993
(d) 1995

4. What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas?
(a) Inviting the workmen and their wives to a party the Sunday before Christmas.
(b) breaking into tears in front of the workmen at the prospect of not having the work done before Christmas.
(c) offering them more money if they finished before Christmas
(d) threatening to hire other workmen if they didn't finish before Christmas

5. Where did Peter's friend who was to be honored live?
(a) next door
(b) deep in the Cote du Rhone country
(c) high in the Lubryon mountains
(d) in a nearby village

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a toilette a la Turque?

2. Who were the two uniformed men parked outside the Mayles' house?

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

4. What cafe do the Mayles eat at in November?

5. Who advises the Mayles about olive oil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What frightened friends of the Mayles who were staying at a nearby hotel?

2. How do the Mayles learn about bread?

3. What is the irony of Christmas Day to the Mayles?

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

5. Why can't the meter reader read the meter and how does Menicucci fix the problem?

6. What are the effects of the night storm that hits Lubyron in August?

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

8. Describe the man Peter meets in the forest.

9. Who is Roger and what happens to him?

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

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