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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the coach, who does Cornudet revile that makes Boule de Suif become indignant?
(a) Louis-Napoleon.
(b) Charles X.
(c) Rousseau.
(d) Marie Antoinette.

2. Who states after dinner the third day in Totes, "when women run after uniforms it's all the same to them whether the men who wear them are French or Prussian. It's perfectly sickening!"
(a) Monsieur Follenvie.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

3. 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?
(a) Burying the dead and attending to the wounded.
(b) Practicing drills for the next battle.
(c) Helping the women with household chores.
(d) Stockpiling weapons and provisions.

4. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers, for want of something better to do before lunch, do what?
(a) Read by the fire.
(b) Wander around the coach.
(c) Walk to the square.
(d) Nap in their rooms.

5. What object does Cornudet use that is described as "admirably colored to a black the shade of its owner's teeth"?
(a) A jug.
(b) A Bible.
(c) A wallet.
(d) A pipe.

Short Answer Questions

1. When they arrive at Totes, the mood at supper after Boule de Suif returns from her meeting with the Prussian officer is characterized as what?

2. Why does Boule de Suif refuse Cornudet their first night in Totes?

3. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," the soldiers wore long, dirty________ and tattered _________.

4. What settles on the city of Rouen in the beginning of "Boule de Suif"?

5. What does Boule de Suif stammer when she returns from her meeting with Prussian officer when they first arrive in Totes?

(see the answer key)

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