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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The two men agree to share any profits, with a percent share for Mayle.

2. For what does Peter pray?

3. One blond woman is dressed in _________________ and her miniature white poodle is tethered to a white lead.

4. The Mayles plan to attend the annual dog show held in _____________ in the Ménerbes stadium.

5. French Vogue follows up with a _____________-page spread about the Lubéron.

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the real estate market affected in Luberon? How is this both good and bad?

2. What is one of the possible consequences of drought in the region? How does this lead to more problems?

3. Why do the Mayles skip the morning dog show trials? Do you find this part of the dog show unusual or odd? Why or why not?

4. How does the chapter end? What does this reveal about those involved in dog shows?

5. Why does Mayle decide to not install a security system? Is this a good reason? Why or why not?

6. What is the epitome of the Luberon? How is this being destroyed by the increase in visitors and new residents?

7. What is another consequence of the drought. How might this affect the revenue of the region?

8. Why does the author say that the dogs and owners resemble each other? Do you agree?

9. What is pastis? Why is there a chapter about it?

10. What does Massot do regarding the hunt for gold? Why does he do this?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mayle discusses the life of a writer.

Part 1) What is Mayle's description of a writer? Why does he give this description? Is this description surprising to you? Why or why not? What does this description reveal about Mayle?

Part 2) How is the life of a writer important to this story? What does this story reveal about the life of a writer? Based on this book, what do you think about the life of a writer?

Part 3) How does the life of a writer compare to the lives of those in other careers? In what career would you like to be? Why? How does working in this career field compare to working in the field of writing?

Essay Topic 2

Provence suffers from a terrible drought.

Part 1) Describe this drought. How is the region affected by this drought? How is this drought tied to other stories within this book?

Part 2) In what other ways is Provence connected with nature? How important is nature, the environment, and weather to life in Provence? Explain.

Part 3) How does this drought affect the Mayles? How else is nature an important part of the Mayle's lives, now that they live in Provence? Is nature, the environment, and weather significantly important in your own life? If so, how and why? If not, why not?

Essay Topic 3

There is an influx of visitors to Provence.

Part 1) Describe this influx of visitors. What led to this increase? How has this increase in visitors and other newcomers to Provence affected the region? How does Peter feel about these effects? Do you agree with him? Why or why not?

Part 2) How can this influx in visitors be both positive and negative? What might Provence be like today? Do you believe there is still a draw to South France? Why or why not?

Part 3) Describe a region in the U.S. that has seen an influx in visitors. Why has travel to this region increased? How might this have affected the region? How has your own community seen growth or decline over time? What has caused this growth or decline? How has this affected your community?

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