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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cornudet notice about Loiseau and his wife as they pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) That they are in league to cheat.
(b) That they have not returned.
(c) That they understand German.
(d) That they are atheists.

2. 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?
(a) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(b) They were being held hostage.
(c) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(d) They were to be held for ransom.

3. How do the passengers respond when Boule de Suif arrives at the coach for their departure?
(a) The men help her while the women ignore her.
(b) They greet her warmly as if she had been on vacation.
(c) They turn aside as if they had not seen her.
(d) The women thank her while the men ignore her.

4. Who breaks the "painful silence" in the coach as they began on their departure from Totes?
(a) Comtess de Breville.
(b) The Old Nun.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

5. According to the passengers during lunch the second day of Totes, what step would have been of "little consequence" to Boule de Suif?
(a) If she had sought out the Prussian.
(b) If she had not sought out the Prussian.
(c) If she had not sought out the innkeeper.
(d) If she had sought out the innkeeper.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Boule de Suif remember about their trip to Totes in the coach departing from it?

2. How does Boule de Suif react to the passengers' response to her when she arrives at the coach for their departure?

3. What is the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif" about?

4. What do the nuns do in the coach on their departure from Totes?

5. In "Boule de Suif," who is a king in the cotton trade with a much younger wife?

(see the answer key)

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