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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. As "Boule de Suif" opens, how many days have the soldiers wandered through town?
(a) Few.
(b) Several.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

2. What is the weather like as the passengers wait for their seats in "Boule de Suif"?
(a) It is raining.
(b) It is cloudy.
(c) It is sunny.
(d) It is snowing.

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif" who are "scoundrels often brave beyond measure"?
(a) Debauchees and aristocracy.
(b) Pillagers and debauchees.
(c) Pillagers and nobility.
(d) Merchants and nobility.

4. What does Cornudet have that he offers to his neighbors in the coach on the way to Totes?
(a) A knuckle of ham.
(b) A carafe of coffee.
(c) A crust of bread.
(d) A bottle of rum.

5. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are very fat.
(b) Because they are disguised as priests.
(c) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.
(d) Because they are devout Christians.

Short Answer Questions

1. What settles on the city of Rouen in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

2. Who tells Monsieur Follenvie to "Kindly tell the scoundrel, that carrion of a Prussian, that I will never consent"?

3. What year does the story "Boule de Suif" take place?

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

5. After night falls, what does Madame de Breville offer Boule de Suif when the cold makes her shiver in the coach?

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 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?

3. What is the song Cornudet whistles and hums at the end of "Boule de Suif" and what does it mean?

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

5. How does Boule de Suif respond to the Prussian's inquiry about whether or not she has changed her mind, and why is it significant?

6. 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?

7. What does Madame Loiseau remark to her husband in the coach the morning of their departure from Totes, and what does it signify?

8. In watching the Prussian officers carrying out their duties, who prefers to stay at the inn because they are indignant at their friendly interaction and why?

9. 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?

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

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