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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through No Spitting in Châteauneuf-du-Pape.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mayle's wife bring the dog home?
(a) She feared that the dog might be captured by the local animal control authorities and ultimately put to death.
(b) She had fallen in love with this dog.
(c) She never passes up stray animals.
(d) She wanted another dog.

2. How does the book store owner surprise Mayle?
(a) He had arranged for a formal dinner in his honor.
(b) He had arranged for him to stay in a luxury suite.
(c) He had arranged for celebrities to attend his book signing.
(d) He had arranged for a group of Mayle's fans to attend the event.

3. Who gets soaked?
(a) No one.
(b) The guests.
(c) Only Peter.
(d) Peter and his wife.

4. British writer Peter Mayle is living in the Provence region of ____________.
(a) France.
(b) Italy.
(c) Germany.
(d) Spain.

5. In the spring, they will come out to mate. They will be trapped where?
(a) In the incubators.
(b) In the pond.
(c) In the shed.
(d) In his home.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Peter feel about this toad story?

2. One man is certain that toads cannot sing while the other man claims that a man in ________________ is training some songs to sing for the bicentennial celebration to take place on July 14th.

3. Mayle's wife spots a man walking down the road to _______________ with a large dog at his side.

4. What does their one friend suggest they plan on doing?

5. Peter receives the ______________ birthday card in his life.

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