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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Boule de Suif appear on their final morning in Totes?
(a) Proud and determined.
(b) Shy and reserved.
(c) Shamefaced and embarrassed.
(d) Cheerful and enthusiastic.

2. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) Comtess de Breville.
(d) Madame Loiseau.

3. On the second day in Totes, the coach passengers rose early, with a _______hope of being allowed to start, a _______desire than ever to do so.
(a) Strange; greater.
(b) Immense; smaller.
(c) Vague; greater.
(d) Vague; smaller.

4. Who shrugs in response to being notified about Boule de Suif crying in the coach from Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Comtess de Breville.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) Loiseau.

5. As the passenger drew together to make their course of action to persuade Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, the ladies were adept at _______phrases and _______subtleties of expression to describe the most ________things.
(a) Delicate; charming; proper.
(b) Crude; outrageous; proper.
(c) Crude; outrageous; improper.
(d) Delicate; charming; improper.

6. As they discuss the Prussian officer on the third day in Totes, why does Madame Carre-Lamadon's eyes glisten and her face grow pale?
(a) Because she is imagining the officer proposing marriage to her.
(b) Because she is imagining the officer tenderly embracing her.
(c) Because she is imagining the officer laying his violent hands on her.
(d) Because she is imagining the officer abducting her.

7. Who asked suddenly as they retrace their steps on the second day of Totes, "if that trollop were going to keep them waiting much longer in this Godforsaken spot"?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) The Count.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) Cornudet.

8. On the third day the passengers are in Totes, why are the ladies pleasant to Boule de Suif until lunch time?
(a) To decrease her confidence and make her suspect their advice.
(b) To decrease her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(c) To increase her confidence and make her amenable to their advice.
(d) To increase her confidence and make her suspect their advice.

9. In the afternoon their second day in Totes, who proposes the passengers go for a walk in the village neighborhood?
(a) The nuns.
(b) The Prussian officer.
(c) The innkeeper.
(d) The Count.

10. What is the description given of the person who chuckles at Boule de Suif's crying in the coach from Totes?
(a) Unintelligent.
(b) Hostile.
(c) Bored.
(d) Triumphant.

11. When the passengers return from their walk on the second day in Totes, why do the exchange sharp words over the "merest trifles"?
(a) Because they are famished.
(b) Because they are restless.
(c) Because they are ill.
(d) Because they are exhausted.

12. Who is talking to Monsieur Carre-Lamadon as the ladies discuss Madame d'Etrelles in the coach from Totes?
(a) Cornudet.
(b) Monsieur Loiseau.
(c) Comte de Breville.
(d) The coach driver.

13. How does the person who suddenly appears at the end of the street acknowledge the passengers?
(a) By bowing to the ladies and cheerfully glancing at the men.
(b) By bowing to the men and cheerfully glancing at the ladies.
(c) By bowing to the men and scornfully glancing at the ladies.
(d) By bowing to the ladies and scornfully glancing at the men.

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

15. What are the lids on the oval dishes that Comtess de Breville take out in the coach on their departure from Totes decorated with?
(a) Porcelain flowers.
(b) Copper fruit.
(c) Painted landscape.
(d) Earthenware hare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the subject Monsieur Carre-Lamadon is discussing with his companion in the coach from Totes?

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

3. In the coach from Totes, Cornudet _____like a man who had just thought of a good _______.

4. Who is the first person to notice that Boule de Suif is weeping in the coach from Totes?

5. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that the should persuade Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian?

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