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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Fashion and Sporting Notes from the Ménerbes Dog Show.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After being sent to one bureaucracy after the other, the final stop was a health check. The doctor found Mayle to be healthy but took his blood for one last screening which was to make sure he didn't have what?
(a) Syphilis.
(b) Cholera.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Swine flu.

2. Mayle's favorite letter was the one addressed to whom?
(a) The "Funny Writer in Provence."
(b) The "English Writer in Provence."
(c) The "Strange Writer in Provence."
(d) The "Best Writer in Provence."

3. Peter decides to travel to this town to learn if there is any validity to the man's claim about singing toads. His inquiries there lead him to a man named Monsieur ____________.
(a) Crouteaux.
(b) Cergy.
(c) Germaine.
(d) Salques.

4. A man who is entering his tall black Great Dane in the contest is himself dressed in __________ from head to toe.
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Blue.
(d) Black.

5. Alain tells Peter about an upcoming charity event where what will be prepared?
(a) The largest truffle pie in history.
(b) The largest truffle stew in history.
(c) The largest truffle souffle in history.
(d) The largest truffle omelet in history.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the first ______ months of 1989, the rainfall in the Provence is well below normal.

2. Mayle tastes one that he thinks is unusually strong. His suspicions are confirmed when Michel tells him that the alcohol content is _________ percent, just at the legal limit for pastis.

3. Mayle meets up with a neighbor named Massot who shares his distrust of what?

4. How does this man feel about talking with Peter?

5. How does Mayle's wife feel when Mayle suggests that they should search for the owner?

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