View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?
(a) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(b) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.
(c) They were to be held for ransom.
(d) They were being held hostage.

2. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?
(a) A Bible.
(b) A wallet.
(c) A pipe.
(d) A jug.

3. When the clock strikes ten first day in Totes, who tells Monsieur Follenvie that "They are not to start without an order from me"?
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The coach driver.
(d) Madame Follenvie.

4. "Boule de Suif" is set during which war?
(a) Franco-Prussian.
(b) WWI.
(c) Spanish.
(d) Napoleonic.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?

2. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.

3. In "Boule de Suif," who is the "terror of all respectable people"?

4. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?

5. In the morning of their first day in Totes, where do the male passengers find the coach driver?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 287 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample