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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 poor.
(b) In a tone expressive of envy for the rich.
(c) In a tone expressive of sorrow for the poor.
(d) In a tone expressive of contempt for the rich.

2. What passengers are the last to alight from the coach when they arrive in Totes?
(a) The two nuns.
(b) Monsieur and Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Boule de Suif and Cornudet.
(d) Comtesse and Comte de Breville.

3. What does Cornudet notice about Loiseau and his wife as they pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) That they are in league to cheat.
(b) That they understand German.
(c) That they are atheists.
(d) That they have not returned.

4. 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) Passed his long fingers through his long greasy hair.
(b) Turned the pages of a book with his long fingers.
(c) Shook with laughter and held his belly with his greasy fingers.
(d) Crossed his long legs near the fire.

5. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.
(a) Uniforms; flags.
(b) Robes; beards.
(c) Beards; uniforms.
(d) Robes; flags.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the coach lights the lantern, what hovers over the sweating flanks of the horses and roadside?

2. When the clock strikes ten first day in Totes, who tells Monsieur Follenvie that "They are not to start without an order from me"?

3. In the beginning of the story, what do the conquerors exact from the inhabitants of Rouen?

4. Who does Loiseau fancy he sees receive a noiseless blow in the dark in the coach?

5. In Totes, who appeared only at meals and said nothing about the Prussian officer's request regarding Boule de Suif?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Boule de Suif bring for lunch and why is it significant?

2. What is the weather like as the passengers wait for the coach to be ready and how is it significant?

3. How does the count try to persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian, and why is it significant?

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

5. What kind of duties are the Prussian soldiers engaged in when the male passengers search for the coach driver in town, and why is it surprising?

6. What analogy does Maupassant make in order to describe how the passengers discuss their strategies in approaching Boule de Suif about sleeping with the Prussian officer, and why is it significant?

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

8. What is the Prussian officer's manner and dress when he meets with the male passengers in his room and how does it contrast with the male passengers?

9. How does Cornudet respond to the group's celebratory sentiment regarding Boule de Suif's compliance to the Prussian officer's demand, and what is his possible motive?

10. What are Cornudet's political views and why are they significant?

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