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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

2. On their walk the second day in Totes, who states that they could not "exact so painful a sacrifice from any woman, and that the first move must come from herself"?
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) The Count.

3. As the passengers talk about the Prussian officer, why does Madame Loiseau claim that Boule de Suif does not have the right to refuse him?
(a) Because of her trade as a prostitute.
(b) Because she insulted her on their walk.
(c) Because she is in love with her husband.
(d) Because she can't pay her fare for the coach.

4. On their walk the second day in Totes, what looks "so mournful and depressing" to the passengers that they retraced their steps?
(a) The tattered houses.
(b) The empty storefronts.
(c) The winding roads.
(d) The open country.

5. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?
(a) Because they are famished.
(b) Because they are exhausted.
(c) Because they are restless.
(d) Because they are ill.

6. 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) Comtess de Breville.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

7. As the passenger drew together to make their course of action to persuade Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, the ladies were adept at _______phrases and _______subtleties of expression to describe the most ________things.
(a) Crude; outrageous; proper.
(b) Crude; outrageous; improper.
(c) Delicate; charming; improper.
(d) Delicate; charming; proper.

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

9. Why does Madame Loiseau state that the officer has "behaved very well" on the third day in Totes?
(a) Because he didn't choose any of the women.
(b) Because he chose the married women over Boule de Suif.
(c) Because he could have chosen a poor peasant woman instead of Boule de Suif.
(d) Because he could have chosen one of the married women instead of Boule de Suif.

10. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?
(a) Joy.
(b) Shame.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Fury.

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

12. What kind of paper is the cheese that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes wrapped in?
(a) Brown paper.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Glossy paper.
(d) White paper.

13. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?
(a) Drew their chairs together for to recite Bible passages.
(b) Drew their chairs together to decide what to have for dinner.
(c) Drew their chairs together to decide on some course of action.
(d) Drew their chairs together in order to play a game of cards.

14. Who breaks the "painful silence" in the coach as they began on their departure from Totes?
(a) The Old Nun.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Comtess de Breville.
(d) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

15. What is the subject Monsieur Carre-Lamadon is discussing with his companion in the coach from Totes?
(a) Religion.
(b) War.
(c) Politics.
(d) Business.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Boule de Suif react to the passengers' response to her when she arrives at the coach for their departure?

2. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

3. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

4. As they talked on their walk the second day in Totes, what is the prevailing feeling among the women?

5. On their final morning in Totes, what are the passengers doing while they wait for Boule de Suif?

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