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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 ill.
(c) Because they are restless.
(d) Because they are exhausted.

2. What does Boule de Suif remember about their trip to Totes in the coach departing from it?
(a) The bad weather.
(b) The lunch she shared.
(c) The kind coach driver.
(d) The length of time it took.

3. Who is the first person to notice that Boule de Suif is weeping in the coach from Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Comtess de Breville.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Comte de Breville.

4. According to the passengers during lunch the second day of Totes, what step would have been of "little consequence" to Boule de Suif?
(a) If she had sought out the innkeeper.
(b) If she had not sought out the innkeeper.
(c) If she had sought out the Prussian.
(d) If she had not sought out the Prussian.

5. 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 open country.
(d) The winding roads.

6. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach from their departure from Totes, why do the tier skirts appear "infected with some deadly disease"?
(a) Because Boule de Suif's son died from disease.
(b) Because they were infected with disease.
(c) Because they weren't laundered before departure.
(d) Because they didn't want to touch Boule de Suif.

7. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?
(a) Fruit and bread.
(b) Hard-boiled eggs and bread.
(c) Hard-boiled eggs and fruit.
(d) Wine and bread.

8. What is the clatter that can be heard in the coach as they make their journey from Totes?
(a) Gunfire.
(b) Window-panes.
(c) Dishes.
(d) Pavement.

9. 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 can't pay her fare for the coach.
(d) Because she is in love with her husband.

10. What are the lids on the oval dishes that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes decorated with?
(a) Painted landscape.
(b) Copper fruit.
(c) Porcelain flowers.
(d) Earthenware hare.

11. What kind of cheese does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) Gruyere.
(b) Brie.
(c) Parmesan.
(d) Cheddar.

12. What dropped into Cornudet's mighty beard during their trip from Totes that looked like "stars"?
(a) Yolk.
(b) Pear.
(c) Wine.
(d) Bread.

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

14. What is Boule de Suif's expression as she begins to cry in the coach from Totes?
(a) Lost.
(b) Stubborn.
(c) Fixed.
(d) Defeated.

15. 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) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Comtess de Breville.

Short Answer Questions

1. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that they deliver Boule de Suif "bound hand and foot" to the Prussian officer?

2. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?

3. What is the Prussian officer's response to their question about detention on the third day in Totes?

4. On their walk the second day in Totes, what do the ladies discuss as the men talk of war?

5. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.

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