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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?
(a) A jug.
(b) A pipe.
(c) A Bible.
(d) A wallet.

2. What does Loiseau suggest the company should ask the officer after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?
(a) They should ask the officer to let the entire company depart.
(b) They should ask the officer to detain half of the company and let the rest depart.
(c) They should ask the officer to detain them only and let Boule de Suif depart.
(d) They should ask the officer to detain Boule de Suif only and let the rest depart.

3. In the morning of their first day in Totes, where do the male passengers find the coach driver?
(a) In the village cafe.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the hotel lobby.
(d) In the stable.

4. Who breaks their jug on the table in indignation at the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Comte de Breville.

5. When the ladies talk about the Prussian soldier on their walk the second day, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon state that she regrets the soldier is not a Frenchman?
(a) Because he would have been more generous.
(b) Because he would have made a handome hussar.
(c) Because he would have been a kind husband.
(d) Because he would have set them free.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the men search for in the farmhouses beside the road that they cannot find in "Boule de Suif"?

2. In "Boule de Suif," Loiseau sold very _____wine at a very ____price.

3. In the afternoon of the third day in Totes, what tone does the Count adopt on his walk with Boule de Suif to convince her to surrender to the Prussian?

4. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?

5. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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