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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the hotel the coach stops in front of when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Hotel du Napoleon.
(b) Hotel du Commerce.
(c) Hotel du Totes.
(d) Hotel du Lyon.

2. What is the coach driver doing when the male passengers find him the morning of the first day in Totes?
(a) Arguing with the innkeeper's wife.
(b) Harnessing the horses.
(c) Fraternizing with the officer's orderly.
(d) Confessing to the priest.

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

4. Who faints from hunger after the odor of food permeates the coach in the story?
(a) Comtesse de Breville
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) The old nun.
(d) Madame Carre-Lamadon.

5. What does Monsieur Follenvie announce about the Prussian officer as the passengers are about to sit down to dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) He wants to know if the two nuns have changed their minds.
(b) He wants to know if Mademoiselle Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind.
(c) He wants to know if Madame Loiseau has changed her mind.
(d) He wants to know if Madame Follenvie has changed her mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?

2. In "Boule de Suif," where do the travelers meet to take their seats in the coach in the morning?

3. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?

4. Why is Boule de Suif much sought after in the story?

5. In the morning of the first day in Totes, what two people does Cornudet listen to forecast the future of France, one advocating the Orleans dynasty, the other an unknown savior?

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