  We present the first experimental test that distinguishes between an
event-based corpuscular model (EBCM) [H. De Raedt et al.: J. Comput. Theor.
Nanosci. 8 (2011) 1052] of the interaction of photons with matter and quantum
mechanics. The test looks at the interference that results as a single photon
passes through a Mach-Zehnder interferometer [H. De Raedt et al.: J. Phys. Soc.
Jpn. 74 (2005) 16]. The experimental results, obtained with a low-noise
single-photon source [G. Brida et al.: Opt. Expr. 19 (2011) 1484], agree with
the predictions of standard quantum mechanics with a reduced $\chi^2$ of 0.98
and falsify the EBCM with a reduced $\chi^2$ of greater than 20.
