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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

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

2. How does Peter almost lose Michel?
(a) Michel runs so fast.
(b) Michel drives so fast.
(c) Peter starts to fall asleep.
(d) Michel is trying to lose Peter.

3. At lunch time, Michel tells Peter and six other visitors to follow him where?
(a) To his home.
(b) To a picnic spot.
(c) To a nearby restaurant.
(d) To the river.

4. Why does Peter fall asleep under a tree in the backyard?
(a) He is so full after lunch.
(b) He does not feel well.
(c) He is bored.
(d) He is very tired.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the man allow the dog to sleep?

2. The man explains that the toads are dormant and hidden where?

3. A local couple, the ______________, are invited over to see the dog.

4. What does Monsieur X invite Peter to do next spring?

5. Peter contacts _____________, identified only as Monsieur X, for help for his friend Frank.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Peter's friend, Frank, worried and on edge? Should he feel this way?

2. What happens to Faustin? How does he feel about this?

3. What does Peter do about the toads story? What does this reveal about Peter's personality?

4. How does Mayle feel about fan mail at first? Why does he feel this way?

5. How do Mayle's feelings about fan mail change over time? Why?

6. What takes place prior to Boy and the Gregoires' dog breeding? Why does the breeding not go as planned?

7. How does Peter end up in the small town of Chateauneuf-du-Pape? How might Peter feel about this trip?

8. How does Mayle's wife first come across Boy? How does this first encounter lead her to act? How do you feel about her behavior?

9. What happens to Peter because of the lunch he eats? How is this a good ending to his trip to the wine region?

10. How does the book begin? What does this lead him to say about the French?

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