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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is talking to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon as the ladies discuss Madame d'Etrelles in the coach from Totes?
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Monsieur Loiseau.
(c) The coach driver.
(d) Cornudet.

2. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?
(a) Shame.
(b) Fury.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Joy.

3. What do the nuns do in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) Read.
(b) Eat.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Pray.

4. On their final morning in Totes, what are the passengers doing while they wait for Boule de Suif?
(a) Cleaning out their rooms for the next guests.
(b) Putting up provisions for the remainder of the journey.
(c) Dining at the village cafe with the coach driver.
(d) Waiting by the fireplace with blankets for the trip.

5. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers rose early, with a _______hope of being allowed to start, a _______desire than ever to do so.
(a) Vague; greater.
(b) Vague; smaller.
(c) Immense; smaller.
(d) Strange; greater.

6. As they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, how did the Count utter several "rather risky witticisms"?
(a) Loudly.
(b) Tactfully.
(c) Easily.
(d) Softly.

7. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.
(a) Frowned; plan.
(b) Frowned; plan.
(c) Smiled; joke.
(d) Smiled; idea.

8. What is the metaphor Maupassant uses to describe the course of action the passengers take in persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?
(a) Labor.
(b) Marriage.
(c) Sport.
(d) War.

9. Who appears suddenly at the end of the street on their walk during the second day in Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The Old Nun.
(d) The innkeeper.

10. 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 Boule de Suif only and let the rest depart.
(d) They should ask the officer to detain them only and let Boule de Suif depart.

11. What dropped into Cornudet's mighty beard during their trip from Totes that looked like "stars"?
(a) Yolk.
(b) Bread.
(c) Pear.
(d) Wine.

12. During their trip from Totes, why does Boule de Suif want to open her lips "to shriek the truth at them, to overwhelm them with a volley of insults"?
(a) Because they were throwing food and shouting at her.
(b) Because they were eating and ignoring her.
(c) Because they were laughing and pointing at her.
(d) Because they were lying and stealing from her.

13. Who is the first person to notice that Boule de Suif is weeping in the coach from Totes?
(a) Comtess de Breville.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Cornudet.

14. What kind of pies does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach for lunch on their departure from Totes?
(a) Vegetable.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Chocolate.
(d) Game.

15. Who chuckles at Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes and murmurs, "She's weeping for shame"?
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Madame Loiseau.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon, if the French made a counter attack by way of Dieppe, their encounter with the enemy would inevitably take place where?

2. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?

3. What object does Loiseau take out in the coach on their departure from Totes, that is "thick with the grease of five years' contact with half-wiped tables"?

4. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?

5. On their walk the second day in Totes, what looks "so mournful and depressing" to the passengers that they retraced their steps?

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