1. What is the reason the Prussian officer gives the male passengers about refusing to start on their journey to Dieppe?
(a) The weather is too treacherous.
(b) He doesn't offer one.
(c) He can't find the coach driver.
(d) The provisions have run out.

2. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers, for want of something better to do before lunch, do what?
(a) Nap in their rooms.
(b) Read by the fire.
(c) Wander around the coach.
(d) Walk to the square.

3. Retiring after supper on their first night in Totes, Loiseau puts his eye to the bedroom keyhole in order to discover the ________of the corridor.
(a) Apparitions.
(b) Mysteries.
(c) Inhabitants.
(d) Truths.

4. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) Eighty-three.
(b) Escarte.
(c) Eleusis.
(d) Euchre.

5. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?
(a) In a tone expressive of envy for the rich.
(b) In a tone expressive of sorrow for the poor.
(c) In a tone expressive of contempt for the poor.
(d) In a tone expressive of contempt for the rich.

Short Answer Questions

1. What object does Loiseau take out in the coach on their departure from Totes, that is "thick with the grease of five years' contact with half-wiped tables"?

2. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?

3. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?

4. What kind of cheese does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes?

5. Where does Boule de Suif sit in the coach on their departure from Totes?

(see the answer key)

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