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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 was the tourist joke Faustin told about the English?
(a) "Wjp throws up the French food with regularity?"
(b) "Who is so prim and proper they are shocked by the dress of the Provencal peasants?"
(c) "Who pays exorbitant prices without blinking an eyelash?"
(d) "What changes from the color of a dead rat to the color of a dead lobster in three hours?"
2. Who helps Peter stock his wine cellar?
(a) Christian
(b) Menicucci
(c) Uncle Edward
(d) Faustin
3. Who is Monsieur Aude?
(a) an iron artist
(b) a local painter
(c) a local chef
(d) a stone sculptor
4. What did Massot find that proved to him that Germans had camped in the park?
(a) bananna peels
(b) a German/French pocket dictionary
(c) two empty sardine cans and a wine bottle
(d) cigarette wrappers
5. What were the local friends of the Mayles recovering from in September?
(a) a surfeit of guests
(b) the storm that hit in August
(c) the flu
(d) the summer heat
Short Answer Questions
1. Whom did Peter call when there was a problem with the house or property?
2. What did Massot plan to possibly do when he retired and sold his home?
3. Who is the Mayles' guest who is disaster-prone?
4. What are the "Sayings of August?"
5. What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Menicucci do at the Mayles house in August?
2. Why did the grapes on the Mayles' land have to be picked?
3. Why were the Mayles uncomfortable at the party they were invited to in Gordes?
4. What is the game the Mayles play at the end of July and why do they like it?
5. What are the effects of the night storm that hits Lubyron in August?
6. What frightened friends of the Mayles who were staying at a nearby hotel?
7. How does Peter stock his wine cellar?
8. List the locals who come to the Mayles for Christmas tips and tell what they bring as gifts
9. Describe the man Peter meets in the forest.
10. What is the irony of Christmas Day to the Mayles?
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