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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hours has the coach been on the road for when they see the lights glimmer from Totes?
(a) Five.
(b) Nine.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eleven.

2. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?
(a) The Count.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The nuns.
(d) The innkeeper.

3. What is the church bell summoning on the third morning in Totes?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A mass.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A wedding.

4. When the male passengers meet with the Prussian officer after luncheon the first day in Totes, what does he do?
(a) He rose, but neither greeted them, or even glanced in their direction.
(b) He rose, greeted them, and glanced in their direction.
(c) He neither rose, greeted them, nor even glanced in their direction.
(d) He neither rose nor greeted them, but glanced in their direction.

5. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that they deliver Boule de Suif "bound hand and foot" to the Prussian officer?
(a) Monsieur Follenvie.
(b) The Count.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?

2. In "Boule de Suif," who alone is authorized to interview the Prussian officer on civil matters?

3. What kind of soldiers wander through the town in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

4. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

5. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers, for want of something better to do before lunch, do what?

(see the answer key)

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