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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?
(a) A thin veneer of modesty.
(b) A thick veneer of modesty.
(c) A thick veneer of immodesty.
(d) A thin veneer of immodesty.

2. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?
(a) Because they are famished.
(b) Because they are exhausted.
(c) Because they are restless.
(d) Because they are ill.

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

4. What is the metaphor Maupassant uses to describe the course of action the passengers take in persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?
(a) Marriage.
(b) Labor.
(c) War.
(d) Sport.

5. What provisions does Boule de Suif bring for lunch during their trip from Totes?
(a) Bread.
(b) Fruit.
(c) Sausage.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?

3. The third morning in Totes, the passengers awoke with _____faces and _______tempers.

4. In the coach on their departure from Totes, who "sat still, lost in thought"?

5. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers, for want of something better to do before lunch, do what?

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