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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. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?
(a) 1671.
(b) 1871.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1771.

2. What do the coach passengers do to pass the two hours before dinner the first day in Totes?
(a) Walk to town.
(b) Recite scripture.
(c) Read the paper.
(d) Play cards.

3. Why does Cornudet follow Boule de Suif to her room their first night in Totes?
(a) To request she spy on their passengers.
(b) To make sexual advances toward her.
(c) To invite her for a late night supper.
(d) To ask her to speak to the Prussian officer.

4. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?
(a) Helping the women with household chores.
(b) Stockpiling weapons and provisions.
(c) Burying the dead and attending to the wounded.
(d) Practicing drills for the next battle.

5. The soldiers advanced in what kind of fashion in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Listless.
(b) Bizarre.
(c) Productive.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hours has the coach been on the road for when they see the lights glimmer from Totes?

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the anguish of _______made men even desire the arrival of the________ .

3. Why is Boule de Suif much sought after in the story?

4. Why are the coach passengers frightened when they first arrive in Totes?

5. In "Boule de Suif," why could no one mention Loiseau's name without adding that he was an "extraordinary man"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the old nun's specialty and why is it significant?

2. 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?

3. When night falls on the first leg of their journey from Rouen, what is implied by a sudden movement in the back where Boule de Suif and Cornudet are sitting?

4. What does Boule de Suif remember in the coach as the passengers eat their lunch without sharing it with her at the end of "Boule de Suif" and why is it significant?

5. How does Madame Carre-Lamadon describe the Prussian officer and what does it signify?

6. On their walk the second afternoon in Totes, how does the landscape fit with the passengers' mood?

7. 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?

8. What is the reaction among the passengers when Monsieur Follenvie comes in to inquire about whether Elisabeth Rousset has changed her mind?

9. How do the other passengers respond to Boule de Suif the morning of their departure from Totes, and how is it significant?

10. 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?

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