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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 exhausted.
(b) Because they are famished.
(c) Because they are ill.
(d) Because they are restless.

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Boule de Suif sit in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) In the middle seat.
(b) In the back seat.
(c) In the same seat.
(d) In the front seat.

8. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

9. How do the passengers respond when Boule de Suif arrives at the coach for their departure?
(a) The women thank her while the men ignore her.
(b) The men help her while the women ignore her.
(c) They greet her warmly as if she had been on vacation.
(d) They turn aside as if they had not seen her.

10. Who is the "creature" the person is referring to in the coach from Totes?
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Comtess de Breville.
(c) The Old Nun.
(d) Boule de Suif.

11. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that they deliver Boule de Suif "bound hand and foot" to the Prussian officer?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) The Count.
(c) Monsieur Follenvie.
(d) Loiseau.

12. 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 thin veneer of immodesty.
(b) A thick veneer of modesty.
(c) A thin veneer of modesty.
(d) A thick veneer of immodesty.

13. 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?
(a) Proper, maternal, slightly contemptuous.
(b) Familiar, maternal, slightly intimidated.
(c) Familiar, paternal, slightly contemptuous.
(d) Proper, respectful, slightly intimidated.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who shrugs in response to being notified about Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes?

2. What efforts at self-control does Boule de Suif attempt to do in the coach on their trip from Totes?

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

4. How does Boule de Suif appear on their final morning in Totes?

5. What does Boule de Suif remember about their trip to Totes in the coach departing from it?

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