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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Boule de Suif appear on their final morning in Totes?
(a) Shy and reserved.
(b) Proud and determined.
(c) Cheerful and enthusiastic.
(d) Shamefaced and embarrassed.

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

3. On their walk the second day in Totes, what do the ladies discuss as the men talk of war?
(a) Food.
(b) Dress.
(c) Children.
(d) Literature.

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

5. 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 kill the Prussian.
(b) Because Loiseau suggests they steal the carriage.
(c) Because Loiseau suggests they escape on foot.
(d) Because Loiseau suggests they abandon Boule de Suif.

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

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

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

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

10. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.
(a) Smiled; idea.
(b) Frowned; plan.
(c) Smiled; joke.
(d) Frowned; plan.

11. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?
(a) Hot.
(b) Mild.
(c) Warm.
(d) Cold.

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

13. 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.

14. Who appears suddenly at the end of the street on their walk during the second day in Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) The Old Nun.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) The Prussian officer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?

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

3. What kind of cheese does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure 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 the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

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