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

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

3. What is his card?
(a) A Hallmark card.
(b) An origami flower.
(c) A post-it note.
(d) A lifted metal speed limit sign.

4. In ______________, Peter decides to travel to the small town of Châteauneuf-du-Pape in the wine country.
(a) April.
(b) June.
(c) August.
(d) September.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As soon as the young man, Benson, steps off the train, he claims to be deathly ill with what?

2. A few weeks later, Monsieur X calls Peter and arranges a rendezvous where?

3. How does Peter feel about the food placed before him?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the truffle business.

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

3. 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?

4. What is Peter's opinion of picnics? Why?

5. How is the toad story explained? Is it as odd and sensational as Peter had hoped? Why or why not?

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

7. What does Mayle say about the life of a writer?

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

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

10. Describe the picnic area. How might this compare to Peter's experience in London?

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