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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. In the spring, they will come out to mate. They will be trapped where?
(a) In the pond.
(b) In the shed.
(c) In the incubators.
(d) In his home.

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?
(a) Cholera.
(b) Swine flu.
(c) AIDS.
(d) Syphilis.

3. How does Peter feel about his discoveries?
(a) He is very happy.
(b) He is greatly disappointed.
(c) He is concerned.
(d) He is annoyed.

4. Mayle picks up _______________ visitor at the railway station.
(a) An Italian.
(b) An English.
(c) An American.
(d) A French.

5. After returning home from the pharmacy with several mundane purchases--toothpaste and suntan lotion--Peter finds a brochure in his bag which discusses the problem of ___________________, which apparently is quite a prevalent condition among the French.
(a) Influenza.
(b) The Common Cold.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Pneumonia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The party enjoys the idyllic setting and gourmet food, and toast the guest of honor with flutes of what?

2. This man is is also composing an original anthem for whom?

3. Mayle keeps up with the correspondence as best he can but is truly ___________ when fans begin stopping by to get his autograph on their copies of his book.

4. How does this man feel about talking with Peter?

5. What does their one friend suggest they plan on doing?

(see the answer key)

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