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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Madame Loiseau.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

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

3. 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 flash of liquor.
(b) A bound Bible.
(c) A pack of cards.
(d) A box of cigars.

4. 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.

5. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers rose early, with a _______hope of being allowed to start, a _______desire than ever to do so.
(a) Vague; greater.
(b) Strange; greater.
(c) Immense; smaller.
(d) Vague; smaller.

6. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?
(a) By bowing to the ladies and cheerfully glancing at the men.
(b) By bowing to the men and cheerfully glancing at the ladies.
(c) By bowing to the men and scornfully glancing at the ladies.
(d) By bowing to the ladies and scornfully glancing at the men.

7. 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) Earthenware hare.
(d) Porcelain flowers.

8. What kind of pies does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach for lunch on their departure from Totes?
(a) Fruit.
(b) Game.
(c) Vegetable.
(d) Chocolate.

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) Dining at the village cafe with the coach driver.
(c) Waiting by the fireplace with blankets for the trip.
(d) Cleaning out their rooms for the next guests.

10. 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) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The Count.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Loiseau.

11. 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?
(a) Paris.
(b) Totes.
(c) Rouen.
(d) Marseilles.

12. Who chuckles at Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes and murmurs, "She's weeping for shame"?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

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

14. When the church bell summons the faithful on the third morning in Totes, what does Boule de Suif think about that convinces her to attend the ceremony?
(a) Her own child being rasied by peasants.
(b) Her own wedding in Yvetot.
(c) God's mercy on the poor and weak.
(d) The fallen soldiers from the war.

15. Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) The inn in Marseille.
(b) The inn in Paris.
(c) The inn in Totes.
(d) The inn in Rouen.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the afternoon of the third day in Totes, what tone does the Count adopt on his walk with Boule de Suif to convince her to surrender to the Prussian?

2. What is the clatter that can be heard in the coach as they make their journey from Totes?

3. In the coach on their departure from Totes, who "sat still, lost in thought"?

4. What dropped into Cornudet's mighty beard during their trip from Totes that looked like "stars"?

5. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?

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