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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, how did the Count utter several "rather risky witticisms"?
(a) Easily.
(b) Softly.
(c) Tactfully.
(d) Loudly.

2. What metaphor does Maupassant use to describe Boule de Suif's tears in the coach from Totes?
(a) Water filtering from a rock.
(b) Lava pouring from a volcano.
(c) Holy water dropping in a church.
(d) Wine spilling from a glass.

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

4. In the coach on their departure from Totes, who "sat still, lost in thought"?
(a) Comte de Breville.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Loiseau.

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?
(a) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.

6. 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) Loiseau.
(d) Madame Carre-Lamadon.

7. 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.

8. What efforts at self-control does Boule de Suif attempt to do in the coach on their trip from Totes?
(a) Draw herself up; swallow her sobs.
(b) Swallow her sobs; pull on a blanket.
(c) Draw herself up; unclasp her hands.
(d) Swallow her sobs; close her eyes.

9. On their final morning in Totes, what are the passengers doing while they wait for Boule de Suif?
(a) Putting up provisions for the remainder of the journey.
(b) Waiting by the fireplace with blankets for the trip.
(c) Cleaning out their rooms for the next guests.
(d) Dining at the village cafe with the coach driver.

10. What is the name of the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Rouen.
(b) Totes.
(c) Marseillaise.
(d) Dieppe.

11. On their walk the second day in Totes, why does the Count tell Loiseau that "we should be pursued at once, overtaken in ten minutes, and brought back as prisoners at the mercy of the soldiery"?
(a) Because Loiseau suggests they escape on foot.
(b) Because Loiseau suggests they abandon Boule de Suif.
(c) Because Loiseau suggests they steal the carriage.
(d) Because Loiseau suggests they kill the Prussian.

12. As they talked on their walk the second day in Totes, what is the prevailing feeling among the women?
(a) Constraint.
(b) Anxiety.
(c) Sorrow.
(d) Pleasure.

13. 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 can't pay her fare for the coach.
(c) Because she is in love with her husband.
(d) Because she insulted her on their walk.

14. When the ladies talk about the Prussian soldier on their walk the second day, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon state that she regrets the soldier is not a Frenchman?
(a) Because he would have been more generous.
(b) Because he would have been a kind husband.
(c) Because he would have set them free.
(d) Because he would have made a handome hussar.

15. 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"?
(a) A bound Bible.
(b) A pack of cards.
(c) A flash of liquor.
(d) A box of cigars.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon, if the French made a counter attack by way of Dieppe, their encounter with the enemy would inevitably take place where?

2. What three people decide NOT to go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

3. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?

4. What is the description given of the person who chuckles at Boule de Suif's crying in the coach from Totes?

5. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?

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