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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through July.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the local advertising industry do to influence and attract people?
(a) put catchy ads in the newspaper
(b) sponsored a contest
(c) had men walk up and down main street with sandwich boards ad signs
(d) put flyers under windshield wipers

2. The Mayles received a copy of which magazine in the mail?
(a) Le Journal de Provence
(b) Le Figaro
(c) L'Expresse
(d) Ke Globule

3. What did the dogs discover on their morning walk?
(a) a man sleeping in a blue sleeping bag
(b) a stream in which they frolicked
(c) a bunch of Germans eating a picnic breakfast
(d) a mother rabbit and her babies

4. Why did the Mayles neglect visiting many of the tourist locations in Provence?
(a) The fell ill with the flu.
(b) They didn't want to mingle with the tourists.
(c) They were busy studying the rituals and customs of the people of Provence.
(d) They felt the tourist locations were too expensive.

5. What make of car was in the first automobile accident Peter encountered in Provence?
(a) a Volkswagen
(b) a Mercedes
(c) a Peugeot
(d) a Jaguar

Short Answer Questions

1. Because it was so still in the valley in February what did Monsieur Massot say one could hear?

2. What game do the Mayles play at the end of July?

3. Who arrived to inspect what the planting team had done?

4. At the hall where the Mayles and most of the town are donating blood to a poor boy, how can you identify the people?

5. What possession does Tony like to flaunt?

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