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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?
(a) Two Nuns.
(b) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Monsieur and Madame Loiseau.
(d) Comte and Comtesse Hubert de Breville.

2. 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?
(a) Practicing drills for the next battle.
(b) Stockpiling weapons and provisions.
(c) Burying the dead and attending to the wounded.
(d) Helping the women with household chores.

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what are the "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death."
(a) Reformist campaigners.
(b) British dragoon.
(c) Enlisted men.
(d) Legions of irregulars.

4. What is the church bell summoning on the third morning in Totes?
(a) A baptism.
(b) A wedding.
(c) A mass.
(d) A funeral.

5. Who refuses to meet with the Prussian officer after luncheon the first day in Totes, stating that he would never have anything to do with the Germans?
(a) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Cornudet.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?

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

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

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

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

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