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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the clock strikes ten first day in Totes, who tells Monsieur Follenvie that "They are not to start without an order from me"?
(a) Boule de Suif.
(b) Madame Follenvie.
(c) The coach driver.
(d) The Prussian officer.

2. How do the nuns in "Boule de Suif" spend their time in the coach?
(a) Praying.
(b) Reading.
(c) Listening.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What kind of soldiers wander through the town in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?
(a) Defeated.
(b) Intelligent.
(c) Triumphant.
(d) Joyful.

4. Where is the Prussian officer staying in the inn in Totes?
(a) In a modest room.
(b) In the back room.
(c) In the best room.
(d) In the front room.

5. Why do the coach passengers resemble "obese priests in their cassocks" when they meet for their seats?
(a) Because they are very fat.
(b) Because they are devout Christians.
(c) Because they are disguised as priests.
(d) Because they are swathed in heavy winter wraps.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Cornudet settles beside the kitchen fireplace, what does he do as he "sucked the foam from his mustache" the first day in Totes?

2. What does Cornudet have that he offers to his neighbors in the coach on the way to Totes?

3. As they dined after the first indignant outburst the first day in Totes, the coach passengers spoke _______and thought _______.

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

5. What is the Prussian officer wearing when the male passengers meet them after luncheon the first day in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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