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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men invite Monsieur Follenvie to join their card game after dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) To question him on how to change the officer's mind.
(b) To berate him about the lack of provisions.
(c) To request from him another free night at the inn.
(d) To cheat him out of his money in cards.

2. What kind of soldiers wander through the town in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Defeated.
(c) Intelligent.
(d) Triumphant.

3. 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?
(a) Because she insulted her on their walk.
(b) Because she is in love with her husband.
(c) Because she can't pay her fare for the coach.
(d) Because of her trade as a prostitute.

4. As Cornudet settles beside the kitchen fireplace, what does he do as he "sucked the foam from his mustache" the first day in Totes?
(a) Crossed his long legs near the fire.
(b) Shook with laughter and held his belly with his greasy fingers.
(c) Turned the pages of a book with his long fingers.
(d) Passed his long fingers through his long greasy hair.

5. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The two nuns.
(c) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.
(d) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many passengers are traveling on a coach in "Boule de Suif"?

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

3. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?

4. 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.

5. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"

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