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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Boule de Suif," how do the men speak of money matters in the coach?

2. What does Monsieur Follenvie announce about the Prussian officer as the passengers are about to sit down to dinner the first day in Totes?

3. What is the coach floor covered with as the passengers take their seats?

4. In "Boule de Suif," who has the best seats in the coach?

5. In the morning of their first day in Totes, what do the male passengers see the Prussian soldiers doing in the town square while looking for the coach driver?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Monsieur Follenvie respond to the travelers inquiries about the Prussian officer and why is it significant?

2. How does Boule de Suif respond to the Prussian's inquiry about whether or not she has changed her mind, and why is it significant?

3. How do the nuns respond to how the other passengers' treatment of Boule de Suif in the coach from Totes, and why is it significant?

4. What is Maupassant's attitude toward those German soldiers who die by the hand of French citizens?

5. What does Boule de Suif remember in the coach as the passengers eat their lunch without sharing it with her at the end of "Boule de Suif" and why is it significant?

6. In contrast to the other passengers, what does Boule de Suif realize in the coach departing Totes about the comprising situation they put her in?

7. What does Madame Loiseau remark to her husband in the coach the morning of their departure from Totes, and what does it signify?

8. How do the other passengers respond to Boule de Suif the morning of their departure from Totes, and how is it significant?

9. When night falls on the first leg of their journey from Rouen, what is implied by a sudden movement in the back where Boule de Suif and Cornudet are sitting?

10. Why does Loiseau take off his watch chain in the kitchen as the coach passengers discuss the Prussian officer's motives, and how is it significant?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Food is critical in the story. Discuss how the characters both come together and are divided during meal times.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Boule de Suif and Cornudet.

1) What makes them outsiders in the story and why?

2) Who is more or less sympathetic and why?

3) Who has more power and why?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of "Boule de Suif." What is the setting and why is it significant?

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