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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 half of the company and let the rest depart.
(b) They should ask the officer to detain them only and let Boule de Suif depart.
(c) They should ask the officer to let the entire company depart.
(d) They should ask the officer to detain Boule de Suif only and let the rest depart.

3. 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) Cornudet.
(d) Loiseau.

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

5. What is the song Cornudet begins to hum in the coach at the end of "Boule de Suif" about?
(a) Love for one's country and fighting for freedom.
(b) Romantic illusion and first heartbreak.
(c) Longing for the past and hope for tomorrow.
(d) Poetic beauty and divine right of nature.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "broke forth like a cord that is overstrained" for Boule de Suif in the coach on their trip from Totes?

2. According to the narrator, as they discuss persuading Boule de Suif on the third day in Totes, every woman in the world is furnished with what?

3. When the coach starts on its departure from Totes, what is Boule de Suif's attitude toward her neighbors?

4. In the coach on their departure from Totes, who "sat still, lost in thought"?

5. 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?

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