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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Buying Truffles from Monsieur X.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) A thick and untamed forest.
(b) A city park.
(c) An abandoned back yard.
(d) An open field.

2. What world is a murky one?
(a) The truffle business.
(b) The car business.
(c) The bank business.
(d) The insurance business.

3. How does Peter feel about this toad story?
(a) He is amused.
(b) He is skeptical but intrigued.
(c) He is annoyed.
(d) He is excited.

4. What does Monsieur X invite Peter to do next spring?
(a) Participate in a dog show.
(b) Try his truffle soup.
(c) Join him in his truffle hunt.
(d) Take a cooking class at his restaurant.

5. How does Peter feel about the food placed before him?
(a) He is not impressed by it.
(b) He is unable to resist it.
(c) He wonders what it is.
(d) He does not like it.

Short Answer Questions

1. At lunch time, Michel tells Peter and six other visitors to follow him where?

2. Mayle takes a jab at Americans who create what?

3. The diners manage to polish off most of the ___________, with the help of Andre.

4. Why does Monsieur X have a pig for this reason?

5. Mayle asserts that _________________ is the most common ailment that the French encounter.

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