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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do boat-men and fishermen often haul to the surface in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Fish.
(b) The body of a German.
(c) Disgarded weapons.
(d) Buried treasures.

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

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

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

5. As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale?
(a) Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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!"

2. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?

3. 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"?

4. Who declares at dinner the first day in Totes that the Prussians behaved liked "ancient barbarians"?

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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