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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How does the carpet get soaked?
(a) The carpet-layer puts a screw through the hot-water pipe.
(b) A bucket of water is accidently over-turned.
(c) There is another storm and a leak in the roof.
(d) The sink in the kitchen overflows.
2. Where did Peter's friend who was to be honored live?
(a) deep in the Cote du Rhone country
(b) in a nearby village
(c) high in the Lubryon mountains
(d) next door
3. What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas?
(a) breaking into tears in front of the workmen at the prospect of not having the work done before Christmas.
(b) offering them more money if they finished before Christmas
(c) threatening to hire other workmen if they didn't finish before Christmas
(d) Inviting the workmen and their wives to a party the Sunday before Christmas.
4. What was the appearance of the hall where the investiture was to take place?
(a) a Rococo building with fancy sculpted decorations inside and out
(b) a rustic building in the French Provencal style
(c) a building that looked like a convent
(d) a box-like building of raw brick and aluminum-trimmed glass
5. Who helps Peter stock his wine cellar?
(a) Faustin
(b) Christian
(c) Menicucci
(d) Uncle Edward
6. What is the name of the bakery they visit in Cavaillon?
(a) Chez Gu
(b) Pain Divin
(c) Maison du Pain
(d) Chez Auzet
7. Where do the Mayles go to search for evidence of Christmas?
(a) Aix
(b) Cavaillon
(c) the Cote d'Azur
(d) Bonnieux
8. What is the main event of Christmas in Provence?
(a) the church services
(b) the exchange of presents
(c) the parties
(d) the food
9. Who delivered the opening speech?
(a) the president of the society
(b) the mayor
(c) the Mayles' friend
(d) a local priest
10. What surprise gift do the Mayles receive?
(a) a cap full of mushrooms complete with a recipe for preparing them
(b) a box of home-made preserves
(c) some canned tomatoes
(d) a round of the local cheese and a loaf of delicious peasant bread
11. Why was the Mayles' friend looking ill at ease when they found him at the dinner?
(a) He feared giving a speech.
(b) He wasn't feeling well.
(c) There was no bar and no alcohol in sight.
(d) He had dropped food on his tie making a large stain.
12. What is the man in the woods whom Peter meets wearing?
(a) a hunting outfit
(b) shorts and a polo shirt
(c) a hat with netting
(d) a rubber boot on one food and a running shoe on the other
13. What dance did Peter like the best at the dinner honoring his friend?
(a) the foxtrot
(b) the quickstep
(c) the waltz
(d) the tango
14. The Mayles are surprised at the French fondness for what?
(a) Shakespeare
(b) American music
(c) fast food
(d) guns
15. Who is summoned to fix the washed out drive?
(a) Sanchez
(b) Faustin
(c) Claude
(d) Massot
Short Answer Questions
1. What had achieved the importance of a minor industry in the Vaucluse in September?
2. What were the local friends of the Mayles recovering from in September?
3. What do the people of Provence collect in baskets in the woods?
4. Who wrote the Provencal song they sang after the speeches?
5. What terrible story did Faustin tell about a fire near Grase?
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