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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale?
(a) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.

2. Who tells Monsieur Follenvie to "Kindly tell the scoundrel, that carrion of a Prussian, that I will never consent"?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The Old Nun.
(c) Madame Loiseau.
(d) Boule de Suif.

3. The third morning in Totes, the passengers awoke with _____faces and _______tempers.
(a) Rested; irritable.
(b) Tired; irritable.
(c) Rested; cheerful.
(d) Tired; cheerful.

4. What three people decide NOT to go for a walk in the village neighborhood?
(a) Boule de Suif, the Old Nun, and the Puny Nun.
(b) Cornudet, Boule de Suif, and the Old Nun.
(c) Cornudet, Boule de Suif, and the Puny Nun.
(d) Cornudet, the Old Nun, and the Puny Nun.

5. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?
(a) Madame Loiseau.
(b) Comtess de Breville.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Boule de Suif.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?

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. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?

4. Who breaks their jug on the table in indignation at the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?

5. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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