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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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"?
(a) A flash of liquor.
(b) A box of cigars.
(c) A bound Bible.
(d) A pack of cards.

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

3. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?
(a) Warm.
(b) Concerned.
(c) Cool.
(d) Romantic.

4. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?
(a) Comtess de Breville.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Madame Loiseau.
(d) Madame Carre-Lamadon.

5. 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 thin veneer of immodesty.
(c) A thick veneer of modesty.
(d) A thick veneer of immodesty.

Short Answer Questions

1. On their walk the second day in Totes, what do the ladies discuss as the men talk of war?

2. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

3. According to the passengers during lunch the second day of Totes, what step would have been of "little consequence" to Boule de Suif?

4. What kind of cheese does Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes?

5. As the passengers talk about the Prussian officer, why does Madame Loiseau claim that Boule de Suif does not have the right to refuse him?

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