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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Loiseau suggest the company should ask the officer after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?
(a) They should ask the officer to detain Boule de Suif only and let the rest depart.
(b) They should ask the officer to detain half of the company and let the rest depart.
(c) They should ask the officer to detain them only and let Boule de Suif depart.
(d) They should ask the officer to let the entire company depart.

2. During their gloomy luncheon the second day in Totes, what are the passengers' attitude toward Boule de Suif?
(a) Concerned.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Cool.
(d) Warm.

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; smaller.
(d) Vague; greater.

4. In the afternoon of the third day in Totes, what tone does the Count adopt on his walk with Boule de Suif to convince her to surrender to the Prussian?
(a) Familiar, paternal, slightly contemptuous.
(b) Proper, maternal, slightly contemptuous.
(c) Proper, respectful, slightly intimidated.
(d) Familiar, maternal, slightly intimidated.

5. Who appears suddenly at the end of the street on their walk during the second day in Totes?
(a) The innkeeper.
(b) Cornudet.
(c) The Prussian officer.
(d) The Old Nun.

6. What is the clatter that can be heard in the coach as they make their journey from Totes?
(a) Window-panes.
(b) Gunfire.
(c) Pavement.
(d) Dishes.

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

8. 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) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Loiseau.
(c) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(d) Monsieur Follenvie.

9. What is the weather like on their walk in the village neighborhood the second day in Totes?
(a) Cold.
(b) Mild.
(c) Warm.
(d) Hot.

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

11. What efforts at self-control does Boule de Suif attempt to do in the coach on their trip from Totes?
(a) Swallow her sobs; close her eyes.
(b) Draw herself up; unclasp her hands.
(c) Swallow her sobs; pull on a blanket.
(d) Draw herself up; swallow her sobs.

12. On their walk the second day in Totes, who states that they could not "exact so painful a sacrifice from any woman, and that the first move must come from herself"?
(a) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(b) Boule de Suif.
(c) The Count.
(d) Loiseau.

13. 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) Cornudet.
(b) Madame Carre-Lamadon.
(c) Loiseau.
(d) The Count.

14. What is the tone Maupassant uses in describing the "good sisters" in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Reverential.
(d) Calm.

15. What do the nuns partake in at lunch in the coach from Totes?
(a) Bread.
(b) Sausage.
(c) Pie.
(d) Fruit.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Boule de Suif arrives at the coach from their departure from Totes, why do the tier skirts appear "infected with some deadly disease"?

2. How does Boule de Suif react to the passengers' response to her when she arrives at the coach for their departure?

3. Who kept "suddenly busy" after Boule de Suif greets Madame Carre-Lamadon in the coach from Totes?

4. Why does Madame Loiseau state that the officer has "behaved very well" on the third day in Totes?

5. During their trip from Totes, what does Cornudet remove from his loose overcoat in the coach?

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