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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who asked suddenly as they retrace their steps on the second day of Totes, "if that trollop were going to keep them waiting much longer in this Godforsaken spot"?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The Count.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Cornudet.

3. Who breaks the "painful silence" in the coach as they began on their departure from Totes?
(a) The Old Nun.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Comtess de Breville.
(d) Monsieur Carre-Lamadon.

4. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?
(a) To increase her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(b) To increase her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(c) To decrease her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(d) To decrease her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.

5. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?
(a) Pie.
(b) Bread.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Madame Loiseau state that the officer has "behaved very well" on the third day in Totes?

2. What object does Loiseau take out in the coach on their departure from Totes, that is "thick with the grease of five years' contact with half-wiped tables"?

3. On their walk the second day in Totes, what looks "so mournful and depressing" to the passengers that they retraced their steps?

4. What do the nuns do in the coach on their departure from Totes?

5. What is the name of the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif"?

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