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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Mayle ____________ receiving fan mail from his readers.
(a) Hates.
(b) Enjoys.
(c) Wonders about.
(d) Fears.

4. Mayle asserts that _________________ is the most common ailment that the French encounter.
(a) Nausea.
(b) Hypochondria.
(c) Mono.
(d) Influenza.

5. What does Mayle fear about the festival?
(a) Not dressing appropriately.
(b) Being late to his book signing.
(c) His book signing will be a disaster.
(d) Running into celebrities.

6. What do the guests do when they reach Maurice's restaurant?
(a) They have dessert.
(b) They drink wine.
(c) They eat dinner.
(d) They have coffee and tea.

7. Why is the Mayles' friend suspicious about the dog's pedigree?
(a) His ears are unusually large.
(b) His coat is unusually curly.
(c) He is unusually small.
(d) He is unusually large.

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

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

10. The man's goal to produce a recognizable version of what?
(a) The Marseillaise.
(b) Happy Birthday.
(c) The Star-Spangled Banner.
(d) Oh Holy Night.

11. Why does Mayle have to take Benson a second time to a pharmacy?
(a) The first pharmacy was closed.
(b) The first pharmacy was too busy.
(c) The first pharmacy did not have one of the medications.
(d) The first pharmacist was not very knowledgeable.

12. Peter receives the ______________ birthday card in his life.
(a) Smallest.
(b) Lightest.
(c) Heaviest.
(d) Nicest.

13. What does their one friend suggest they plan on doing?
(a) Mating the dog with their female Korthals.
(b) Finding the dog's owner.
(c) Finding the dog a permanent home.
(d) Finding out its breed.

14. How does Mayle's wife feel when Mayle suggests that they should search for the owner?
(a) She is sad.
(b) She is not enthusiastic.
(c) She is relieved.
(d) She is angry.

15. Why is this couple allowed to see the dog?
(a) They also own Korthais.
(b) Their dog had gone missing.
(c) They know a lot about the dogs in the neighborhood.
(d) They are looking to purchase a dog.

Short Answer Questions

1. What world is a murky one?

2. How does Michel feel about spitting out the wine?

3. Over the next several weeks, Mayle's wife stalks the dog, who she learns spends time ______________ where it can feed off scraps.

4. The card has his age in ____________ numerals.

5. He was invited by his friend, Michel, ________________, to visit the famous wine caves of the region.

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