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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Singing Toads of St. Pantaléon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mayle have to take Benson a second time to a pharmacy?
(a) The first pharmacy was closed.
(b) The first pharmacy was too busy.
(c) The first pharmacy did not have one of the medications.
(d) The first pharmacist was not very knowledgeable.

2. How does this man feel about talking with Peter?
(a) Annoyed.
(b) Worried.
(c) Unsure.
(d) Happy.

3. Finally reaching the picnic area in what appears to be ____________________, the party finds a table for ten set under a sprawling oak tree, replete with starched white linen, silverware and ice buckets.
(a) An abandoned back yard.
(b) A city park.
(c) An open field.
(d) A thick and untamed forest.

4. These Provencal residents __________ their newfound celebrity.
(a) Are annoyed by.
(b) Fear.
(c) Enjoy.
(d) Worry about.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Peter decides to travel to this town to learn if there is any validity to the man's claim about singing toads. His inquiries there lead him to a man named Monsieur ____________.

2. After being sent to one bureaucracy after the other, the final stop was a health check. The doctor found Mayle to be healthy but took his blood for one last screening which was to make sure he didn't have what?

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

4. What does Mayle regret about his book signing?

5. After arriving home, why does Benson ask Mayle to contact his brother?

(see the answer key)

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