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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?
(a) Fetch my slippers before retiring.
(b) Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
(c) Wait up with my sherry.
(d) Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.

2. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are devout Christians.
(b) Because they are very fat.
(c) Because they are disguised as priests.
(d) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.

3. In Totes, who appeared only at meals and said nothing about the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) The innkeepers.
(b) The women.
(c) The nuns.
(d) The men.

4. In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters?
(a) The cook.
(b) The servant.
(c) Madame Follenvie.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

5. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.
(a) Some; much.
(b) Much; little.
(c) Little; some.
(d) Little; much.

Short Answer Questions

1. Retiring after supper on their first night in Totes, Loiseau puts his eye to the bedroom keyhole in order to discover the ________of the corridor.

2. When the church bell summons the faithful on the third morning in Totes, what does Boule de Suif think about that convinces her to attend the ceremony?

3. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?

4. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?

5. What is the church bell summoning on the third morning in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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