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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who "remained apart from the rest, taking no share in the plot" of persuading Boule de Suif to sleep with the Prussian.
(a) Monsieur Follenvie.
(b) Comte de Breville.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) Loiseau.

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

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

4. On the third day in Totes, which person suggests that they deliver Boule de Suif "bound hand and foot" to the Prussian officer?
(a) Loiseau.
(b) Monsieur Follenvie.
(c) Cornudet.
(d) The Count.

5. What do the nuns do in the coach on their departure from Totes?
(a) Pray.
(b) Eat.
(c) Read.
(d) Sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their trip from Totes, why does Boule de Suif want to open her lips "to shriek the truth at them, to overwhelm them with a volley of insults"?

2. What do the rest of the company do after Boule de Suif leaves for church on the third day in Totes?

3. 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?

4. Whose "vulgar temperament broke bounds" after Monsieur Follenvie returned from the Prussian officer's room on the third day in Totes?

5. As the passengers talk about the Prussian officer, why does Madame Loiseau claim that Boule de Suif does not have the right to refuse him?

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