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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who declares after they take their seats in the coach for their departure from Totes, "What a mercy I am not sitting beside that creature!"
(a) Madame Loiseau.
(b) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Comtess de Breville.

2. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?
(a) Fruit and bread.
(b) Hard-boiled eggs and fruit.
(c) Wine and bread.
(d) Hard-boiled eggs and bread.

3. 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?
(a) Paris.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Rouen.
(d) Totes.

4. When the coach starts on its departure from Totes, what is Boule de Suif's attitude toward her neighbors?
(a) Disappointment.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Indignant.
(d) Sympathetic.

5. Who is the "creature" the person is referring to in the coach from Totes?
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) Comtess de Breville.
(c) The Old Nun.
(d) Loiseau.

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

7. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that the should persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Loiseau.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) The Count.

8. What are the lids on the oval dishes that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes decorated with?
(a) Porcelain flowers.
(b) Copper fruit.
(c) Earthenware hare.
(d) Painted landscape.

9. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

10. What is the clatter that can be heard in the coach as they make their journey from Totes?
(a) Window-panes.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Pavement.

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

12. 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.

13. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?
(a) Cool.
(b) Warm.
(c) Concerned.
(d) Romantic.

14. Why are the married women "utterly humiliated" at being met by the person on their walk the second day?
(a) Because they are in the company of the innkeeper.
(b) Because they are in the company of Cornudet.
(c) Because they are in the company of Loiseau.
(d) Because they are in the company of Boule de Suif.

15. 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) Immense; smaller.
(b) Vague; greater.
(c) Vague; smaller.
(d) Strange; greater.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the passengers respond when Boule de Suif arrives at the coach for their departure?

2. How does Boule de Suif appear on their final morning in Totes?

3. What is Boule de Suif's expression as she begins to cry in the coach from Totes?

4. 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"?

5. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?

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