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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?
(a) 1871.
(b) 1671.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1771.

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

4. Who breaks their jug on the table in indignation at the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?
(a) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Monsieur Follenvie.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Comte de Breville.

5. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?
(a) Wait up with my sherry.
(b) Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
(c) Fetch my slippers before retiring.
(d) Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.

6. At dinner the first day in Totes, who manifested a lively and tender sympathy for Boule de Suif?
(a) The innkeepers.
(b) The men.
(c) The women.
(d) The nuns.

7. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," what happens to the National Guards' arms, uniforms, and death dealing paraphernalia?
(a) It was quickly burned.
(b) It suddenly disappeared.
(c) It appeared intermittently.
(d) It was slowly buried.

8. Why do the men invite Monsieur Follenvie to join their card game after dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) To cheat him out of his money in cards.
(b) To question him on how to change the officer's mind.
(c) To request from him another free night at the inn.
(d) To berate him about the lack of provisions.

9. At the beginning of the story, the vanquished in the city of Rouen realize they had to be civil to whom?
(a) Their conquerors.
(b) Their family.
(c) Their allies.
(d) Their peers.

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

11. What is the name of the hotel the coach stops in front of when they arrive in Totes?
(a) Hotel du Lyon.
(b) Hotel du Commerce.
(c) Hotel du Napoleon.
(d) Hotel du Totes.

12. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?
(a) Monsieur and Madame Loiseau.
(b) Two Nuns.
(c) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Comte and Comtesse Hubert de Breville.

13. What does Cornudet have that he offers to his neighbors in the coach on the way to Totes?
(a) A bottle of rum.
(b) A carafe of coffee.
(c) A crust of bread.
(d) A knuckle of ham.

14. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?
(a) A dense fog.
(b) A light mist.
(c) A shadow of moonlight.
(d) A cloud of vapor.

15. How does Boule de Suif respond to the matrons loud whispers of "hussy" and "public scandal" about her?
(a) She casts a hurt look at them.
(b) She casts a challenging look at them.
(c) She bows her head.
(d) She smiles at them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Monsieur Follenvie announce about the Prussian officer as the passengers are about to sit down to dinner the first day in Totes?

2. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?

3. According to the coach driver, who gave him command the morning of the first day in Totes?

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

5. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?

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