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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What year does Massot feel would be the ideal year to sell his home?

2. Who is summoned to fix the washed out drive?

3. What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas?

4. What is the alcoholic content of the grapes?

5. What did Massot find that proved to him that Germans had camped in the park?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the man Peter meets in the forest.

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

4. Describe the Cote d'Azur.

5. Why were the Mayles uncomfortable at the party they were invited to in Gordes?

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

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

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

9. How do the Mayles learn about bread?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the book two markets are described. The Mayles go to these markets on Sunday. The first market they visit is in Coustellet, the second in Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.

Choose one of these markets and write an essay on the market including a detailed description of the market, the people at the market and what was sold at the market. Tell

why you thought the market you chose to write about was colorful or particularly interesting. Did you learn anything about the people in Provence from reading about the market? What did you learn?

Essay Topic 2

There are many customs of kissing and body contact in Provence which differ greatly from the customs in America.

Part 1) Write a description of the different ways of kissing in France. How do they kiss in Paris? How do they kiss in Provence? Men kiss eachother. Does that repell you?

Part 2) Besides kissing there is other body contact in Provence. Describe it and its meaning?.

Part 3) Write a description of some of the different forms of body language the Provencals use. What are the different kinds of body language and what do they mean?

Essay Topic 3

Three weather conditions in Provence are introduced in the book. These conditions are: the Mistral, the snow and the rains. The book describes the affect these conditions have on the land and the people etc.

Choose one of these weather conditions which take place in Provence in the book and write an essay describing it and its affect on the land and people , the Mayles in particular.

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