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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Passing 50 Without Breaking the Speed Limit.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As soon as the young man, Benson, steps off the train, he claims to be deathly ill with what?
(a) Mono.
(b) A cold.
(c) The flu.
(d) Swine flu.

2. Finally reaching the picnic area in what appears to be ____________________, the party finds a table for ten set under a sprawling oak tree, replete with starched white linen, silverware and ice buckets.
(a) An abandoned back yard.
(b) A city park.
(c) An open field.
(d) A thick and untamed forest.

3. Mayle keeps up with the correspondence as best he can but is truly ___________ when fans begin stopping by to get his autograph on their copies of his book.
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Stunned.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Worried.

4. Mayle instantly became pen pals with whom?
(a) Many women.
(b) Many foreigners.
(c) Many students.
(d) Many writers.

5. These Provencal residents __________ their newfound celebrity.
(a) Fear.
(b) Worry about.
(c) Are annoyed by.
(d) Enjoy.

Short Answer Questions

1. The language barrier provides a comedic turn when Benson is presented with what?

2. Doing more detective work, she soon learns that the dog is staying at a man's house where?

3. How else does Mayle feel about his book signing?

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

5. Mayle picks up _______________ visitor at the railway station.

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