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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the word that no one is shocked to hear about the Prussian officer's request?
(a) Hostage.
(b) Murder.
(c) Mistress.
(d) Ransom.

2. Who asked suddenly as they retrace their steps on the second day of Totes, "if that trollop were going to keep them waiting much longer in this Godforsaken spot"?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) The Count.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Loiseau.

3. The third morning in Totes, the passengers awoke with _____faces and _______tempers.
(a) Rested; cheerful.
(b) Tired; irritable.
(c) Rested; irritable.
(d) Tired; cheerful.

4. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To invite her for a late night supper.
(b) To request she spy on their passengers.
(c) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.
(d) To make sexual advances toward her.

5. What is the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif" about?
(a) Poetic beauty and divine right of nature.
(b) Love for one's country and fighting for freedom.
(c) Romantic illusion and first heartbreak.
(d) Longing for the past and hope for tomorrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. As they begin to share the provisions Boule de Suif offers, what do they talk about?

2. Why does the person who appears suddenly at the end of the street on the second day in Totes walk with in a peculiar motion with knees apart?

3. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?

4. What is the reason the Prussian officer gives the male passengers about refusing to start on their journey to Dieppe?

5. As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale?

(see the answer key)

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