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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who declares at dinner the first day in Totes that the Prussians behaved liked "ancient barbarians"?
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Loiseau.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Boule de Suif.

2. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?
(a) Drew their chairs together to decide what to have for dinner.
(b) Drew their chairs together in order to play a game of cards.
(c) Drew their chairs together for to recite Bible passages.
(d) Drew their chairs together to decide on some course of action.

3. Who does Madame Follenvie address herself to while the passengers dine during their first supper in Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) The Old Nun.
(c) The Countess.
(d) Boule de Suif.

4. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?
(a) Reading.
(b) Praying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Listening.

5. 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 detain them only and let Boule de Suif depart.
(b) They should ask the officer to detain Boule de Suif only and let the rest depart.
(c) They should ask the officer to detain half of the company and let the rest depart.
(d) They should ask the officer to let the entire company depart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sends the Prussian officer a card on which Monsieur Carre-Lamadon inscribes his name and titles?

2. As Cornudet settles beside the kitchen fireplace, what does he do as he "sucked the foam from his mustache" the first day in Totes?

3. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

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. What port city do the merchants in Rouen have business in and have to reach, despite being occupied by the Germans?

(see the answer key)

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