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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On their final morning in Totes, what are the passengers doing while they wait for Boule de Suif?
(a) Cleaning out their rooms for the next guests.
(b) Putting up provisions for the remainder of the journey.
(c) Dining at the village cafe with the coach driver.
(d) Waiting by the fireplace with blankets for the trip.

2. What kind of paper is the cheese that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes wrapped in?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Brown paper.
(c) Glossy paper.
(d) White paper.

3. What is the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif" about?
(a) Poetic beauty and divine right of nature.
(b) Longing for the past and hope for tomorrow.
(c) Romantic illusion and first heartbreak.
(d) Love for one's country and fighting for freedom.

4. What does Boule de Suif remember about their trip to Totes in the coach departing from it?
(a) The lunch she shared.
(b) The kind coach driver.
(c) The length of time it took.
(d) The bad weather.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the coach starts on its departure from Totes, what is Boule de Suif's attitude toward her neighbors?

2. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?

3. What metaphor does Maupassant use to describe Boule de Suif's tears in the coach from Totes?

4. Who breaks the "painful silence" in the coach as they began on their departure from Totes?

5. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?

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