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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To invite her for a late night supper.
(b) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.
(c) To make sexual advances toward her.
(d) To request she spy on their passengers.

2. In "Boule de Suif," where do the travelers meet to take their seats in the coach in the morning?
(a) The lobby of Normandie bank.
(b) The courtyard of Hotel de Normandie.
(c) The garage on Rue Normandie.
(d) The main entrance of Normandie park.

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

4. What does the rumor about the Prussians concern in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) That they were about to enter Rouen.
(b) That they were about to leave Rouen.
(c) That they were about to leave Paris.
(d) That they were about to enter Paris.

5. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Monsieur Follenvie.
(c) Madame Follenvie.
(d) Loiseau.

Short Answer Questions

1. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?

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

3. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?

4. 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?

5. As the passengers talk about the Prussian officer, why does Madame Loiseau claim that Boule de Suif does not have the right to refuse him?

(see the answer key)

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