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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Why are the married women "utterly humiliated" at being met by the person on their walk the second day?
(a) Because they are in the company of Loiseau.
(b) Because they are in the company of Boule de Suif.
(c) Because they are in the company of the innkeeper.
(d) Because they are in the company of Cornudet.

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

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

5. 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?
(a) A thick veneer of modesty.
(b) A thin veneer of modesty.
(c) A thin veneer of immodesty.
(d) A thick veneer of immodesty.

6. When the coach starts on its departure from Totes, what is Boule de Suif's attitude toward her neighbors?
(a) Grateful.
(b) Sympathetic.
(c) Disappointment.
(d) Indignant.

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

8. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?
(a) To increase her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(b) To increase her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(c) To decrease her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(d) To decrease her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.

9. 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) Delicate; charming; proper.
(b) Crude; outrageous; improper.
(c) Delicate; charming; improper.
(d) Crude; outrageous; proper.

10. During their trip from Totes, why does Boule de Suif want to open her lips "to shriek the truth at them, to overwhelm them with a volley of insults"?
(a) Because they were eating and ignoring her.
(b) Because they were lying and stealing from her.
(c) Because they were laughing and pointing at her.
(d) Because they were throwing food and shouting at her.

11. What provisions does Boule de Suif bring for lunch during their trip from Totes?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Bread.

12. 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 she insulted her on their walk.
(b) Because of her trade as a prostitute.
(c) Because she is in love with her husband.
(d) Because she can't pay her fare for the coach.

13. What is the Prussian officer's response to their question about detention on the third day in Totes?
(a) He asked Monsieur Follenvie to fetch the men.
(b) He told Monsieur Follenvie that he would agree.
(c) He showed Monsieur Follenvie the door.
(d) He required Monsieur Follenvie to return with money.

14. What is the tone Maupassant uses in describing the "good sisters" in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) Calm.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Reverential.
(d) Sarcastic.

15. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Pie.
(d) Bread.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the passengers respond when Boule de Suif arrives at the coach for their departure?

2. 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"?

3. Who is the first person to notice that Boule de Suif is weeping in the coach from Totes?

4. 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!"

5. 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?

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