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

2. What country are the passengers in "Boule de Suif" traveling through on a coach?
(a) Germany.
(b) Spain.
(c) France.
(d) Russia.

3. Why do the male passengers want to meet with the Prussian officer after luncheon the first day in Totes?
(a) To steal his weapons.
(b) To ask to stay in Totes.
(c) To ask to start on their journey.
(d) To inquire about money.

4. In the coach, who does Cornudet revile that makes Boule de Suif become indignant?
(a) Marie Antoinette.
(b) Louis-Napoleon.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Charles X.

5. On their walk the second day in Totes, why does the Count tell Loiseau that "we should be pursued at once, overtaken in ten minutes, and brought back as prisoners at the mercy of the soldiery"?
(a) Because Loiseau suggests they kill the Prussian.
(b) Because Loiseau suggests they abandon Boule de Suif.
(c) Because Loiseau suggests they steal the carriage.
(d) Because Loiseau suggests they escape on foot.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

4. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?

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

(see the answer key)

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