Worlds oldest person dies in France at age 122 She rode a bicycle until she was 100. By CRAIG R. WHITN! The New York Times "ARIS#$eanne Cal%ent& born a year be'ore Ale(ander Graha% Bell )atented his tele)hone and 1* years be'ore Ale(andre Gusta+e i''el built his tower& died yesterday in a nursin, ho%e in Arles. At 1--& she was the oldest )erson whose a,e had been +eri'ied by o''icial docu%ents. $ean./arie Robine& a )ublic health researcher who is one o' the authors o' a boo0 about Cal%ent& said she had been in ,ood health& thou,h al%ost blind and dea'& as recently as a %onth a,o. The 1rench& who celebrated her as the doyenne o' hu%anity& had their own theories about why she li+ed so lon,& notin, thatshe used to eat %ore than - )ounds o' chocolate a wee0 and treat her s0in with oli+e oil& rode a bicycle until she was 100& and only 2uit s%o0in, 'i+e years a,o. 3on,e+ity ran in the 'a%ily. Cal%ent4s %other li+ed until she was 56 and her 'ather until he was 78. But Robine said her ,reat stren,th was her un'la))ability. 9I thin0 she was so%eone who& constitutionally and biolo,ically s)ea0in,& was i%%une to stress&9 he said in a tele)hone inter+iew. 9She once said& :I' you can4t do anythin, about it& don4t worry about it.49 She %arried a cousin& 1ernand Nicolas Cal%ent& in 1576. As the )ros)erous owner o' a store in Arles& he was able to su))ort her in style& and she ne+er had to wor0. She )layed tennis& too0 u) roller s0atin,& bicyclin, and swi%%in,& and too0 ,reat )leasure in ;oinin, the huntin, )arties he or,ani& you see i' you re%e%ber e+erythin,?9 she once said& rebu0in, an inter+iewer 'i+e years a,o. When so%ebody too0 lea+e by tellin, her& 9@ntil ne(t year& )erha)s&9 she retorted& 9I don4t see why not? !ou don4t loo0 so bad to %e.9 Co)yri,ht A 177> by The New York Times Company. Re)rinted by )er%ission. Now answer the following questions in paragraph form. Why was $eanne Cal%ent 'a%ousB How was her health ;ust be'ore she diedB Who is $ean./arie RabineB What does he thin0 is the %ain reason Cal%ent li+ed so lon,B Co any o' Cal%ent4s habits sur)rise youB I' so& whyB What were so%e o' Cal%ent4s hobbiesB What ha))ened to her at a,e 110B What ha))ened to her when she was 11= years oldB What did she say to an inter+iewer when she was 11>B Why do you thin0 $eanne Cal%ent li+ed so lon,B