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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?
(a) In a tone expressive of contempt for the rich.
(b) In a tone expressive of sorrow for the poor.
(c) In a tone expressive of contempt for the poor.
(d) In a tone expressive of envy for the rich.

2. As Cornudet settles beside the kitchen fireplace, what does he do as he "sucked the foam from his mustache" the first day in Totes?
(a) Turned the pages of a book with his long fingers.
(b) Passed his long fingers through his long greasy hair.
(c) Crossed his long legs near the fire.
(d) Shook with laughter and held his belly with his greasy fingers.

3. What does Monsieur Follenvie tell his wife to do when she comes to fetch him to go to bed during the card game?
(a) Fetch my slippers before retiring.
(b) Put my egg-nogg by the fire.
(c) Have a glass of milk in the drawing room.
(d) Wait up with my sherry.

4. What is NOT one of the reasons the coach passengers discuss in the kitchen after the meeting with the Prussian officer the first day in Totes?
(a) They were to be extradited as prisoners of war.
(b) They were to be held for ransom.
(c) They were being held hostage.
(d) They were being held because of Boule de Suif.

5. Who does Madame Follenvie address herself to while the passengers dine during their first supper in Totes?
(a) The Countess.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) The Old Nun.
(d) Boule de Suif.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," where do the travelers meet to take their seats in the coach in the morning?

2. What is the word that no one is shocked to hear about the Prussian officer's request?

3. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?

4. In "Boule de Suif," Loiseau sold very _____wine at a very ____price.

5. At three o'clock, what does Boule de Suif remove from an enormous dish in the story?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madame Loiseau mean when she remarks to her husband on their way to bed regarding Madame Carre-Lamadon that she "laughed on the wrong side of her mouth all evening"?

2. What are the other passengers' reaction to Cornudet's whistling and humming at the end of "Boule de Suif" and how does Cornudet react?

3. In contrast to the other passengers, what does Boule de Suif realize in the coach departing Totes about the comprising situation they put her in?

4. How do the other passengers respond to Boule de Suif's outburst after being questioned by the coach passengers about the Prussian officer's inquiry regarding her?

5. What is the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif on their second day of detention in Totes?

6. How do the women on the coach treat Boule de Suif on the first leg of their journey and why is it significant?

7. What is Maupassant's attitude toward those German soldiers who die by the hand of French citizens?

8. How are the ten passengers permitted to leave Rouen for Havre by way of Dieppe and why is it significant?

9. At the end of "Boule de Suif," what is Boule de Suif doing?

10. When the passengers congregate in the kitchen to discuss the Prussian's motives for detaining them the first day, what are their assumptions and how are they significant?

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