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

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

3. When does Peter wake?
(a) Late that evening.
(b) The next morning.
(c) Only a few minutes after falling asleep.
(d) When it is almost dinner time.

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

5. Mayle's wife spots a man walking down the road to _______________ with a large dog at his side.
(a) Marseilles.
(b) Paris.
(c) Nice.
(d) Ménerbes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the guests do when they reach Maurice's restaurant?

2. How is the card signed?

3. For what does Monsieur X use a pig?

4. Being back in London is _____________ experience for Peter.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the Mayles have invited the Gregoires to see the dog?

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

3. Why might Peter's wife still plan a picnic, although he does not like them?

4. How does the language barrier lead to humor in this chapter?

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

6. What does Peter ask about tasting the wine? Why does he ask this? How does Michel respond? Why might Michel respond this way?

7. What does Monsieur X ask Peter to do next spring? What does this reveal about their relationship?

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

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

10. How does Benson react to the French doctor? Why might he react this way?

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