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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who declares after they take their seats in the coach for their departure from Totes, "What a mercy I am not sitting beside that creature!"
(a) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) Comtess de Breville.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

2. 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 Madame Loiseau has changed her mind.
(b) He wants to know if Mademoiselle Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind.
(c) He wants to know if Madame Follenvie has changed her mind.
(d) He wants to know if the two nuns have changed their minds.

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

4. Why is Boule de Suif much sought after in the story?
(a) Because of her fresh, pleasing appearance.
(b) Because of her connections to high society.
(c) Because of her knowledge of many subjects.
(d) Because of her kind, warm heart.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what are the "Avengers of Defeat," "Citizens of the Tomb," and "Brethren in Death."

2. How does Boule de Suif respond to the matrons loud whispers of "hussy" and "public scandal" about her?

3. 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.

4. Who is talking to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon as the ladies discuss Madame d'Etrelles in the coach from Totes?

5. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?

(see the answer key)

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