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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What provisions does Boule de Suif bring for lunch during their trip from Totes?
(a) Sausage.
(b) Bread.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Nothing.

2. In the beginning of "Boule de Suif," who do the members of the National Guard occasionally shoot?
(a) Members of their own sentinels.
(b) Members of their own family.
(c) Members of the German army.
(d) Members of the Russian army.

3. At dinner the first day in Totes, who manifested a lively and tender sympathy for Boule de Suif?
(a) The nuns.
(b) The innkeepers.
(c) The women.
(d) The men.

4. Why does the Count whisper "Hush!" to the group as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes?
(a) Because Boule de Suif returned.
(b) Because Monsieur Follenvie cried.
(c) Because the coach driver yelled.
(d) Because the Prussian appeared.

5. On their walk the second day in Totes, why does the Count tell Loiseau that "we should be pursued at once, overtaken in ten minutes, and brought back as prisoners at the mercy of the soldiery"?
(a) Because Loiseau suggests they escape on foot.
(b) Because Loiseau suggests they kill the Prussian.
(c) Because Loiseau suggests they abandon Boule de Suif.
(d) Because Loiseau suggests they steal the carriage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the card game the men propose to play after dinner the first day in Totes?

2. What powerful argument does the Countess make the most of regarding the Church at dinner the third day in Totes?

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

4. Who declares after they take their seats in the coach for their departure from Totes, "What a mercy I am not sitting beside that creature!"

5. In the morning of the first day in Totes, what two people does Cornudet listen to forecast the future of France, one advocating the Orleans dynasty, the other an unknown savior?

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