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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?
(a) Wine and bread.
(b) Hard-boiled eggs and bread.
(c) Hard-boiled eggs and fruit.
(d) Fruit and bread.

3. 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, respectful, slightly intimidated.
(b) Familiar, paternal, slightly contemptuous.
(c) Proper, maternal, slightly contemptuous.
(d) Familiar, maternal, slightly intimidated.

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

5. Who kept "suddenly busy" after Boule de Suif greets Madame Carre-Lamadon in the coach from Totes?
(a) The men.
(b) The coach driver.
(c) Everyone.
(d) The ladies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What dropped into Cornudet's mighty beard during their trip from Totes that looked like "stars"?

2. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach from their departure from Totes, why do the tier skirts appear "infected with some deadly disease"?

3. What kind of pies does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach for lunch on their departure from Totes?

4. Where did Loiseau get the object he takes out in the coach on their departure from Totes?

5. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?

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