A Year in Provence Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

What happens during the outside buffet at the party? (from August)

Some of the guests get food poisoning.

Some local peasants crash the party.

The guests watch fireworkd.

The Mistral begins to blow.

2.

What is the alcoholic content of the grapes? (from September)

12.88 percent

12.32 percent

10.93 percent

11.32 percent

3.

What idea did Madame Mayle have for getting the work on the house done before Christmas? (from December)

Inviting the workmen and their wives to a party the Sunday before Christmas.

offering them more money if they finished before Christmas

breaking into tears in front of the workmen at the prospect of not having the work done before Christmas.

threatening to hire other workmen if they didn't finish before Christmas

4.

What surprise gift do the Mayles receive? (from October)

a cap full of mushrooms complete with a recipe for preparing them

a box of home-made preserves

some canned tomatoes

a round of the local cheese and a loaf of delicious peasant bread

5.

Who is the Mayles' guest who is disaster-prone? (from July)

Bennett

Tony

Lydia

Pierre

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