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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the Count whisper "Hush!" to the group as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes?
(a) Because the Prussian appeared.
(b) Because Boule de Suif returned.
(c) Because the coach driver yelled.
(d) Because Monsieur Follenvie cried.

2. When the ladies talk about the Prussian soldier on their walk the second day, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon state that she regrets the soldier is not a Frenchman?
(a) Because he would have made a handome hussar.
(b) Because he would have been a kind husband.
(c) Because he would have set them free.
(d) Because he would have been more generous.

3. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Pie.
(d) Sausage.

4. According to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon, if the French made a counter attack by way of Dieppe, their encounter with the enemy would inevitably take place where?
(a) Totes.
(b) Marseilles.
(c) Paris.
(d) Rouen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," why could no one mention Loiseau's name without adding that he was an "extraordinary man"?

2. What is Boule de Suif's expression as she begins to cry in the coach from Totes?

3. Why do the men invite Monsieur Follenvie to join their card game after dinner the first day in Totes?

4. The Prussian officer who often dined at the same table with the family, expressed sympathy with __________.

5. 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!"

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