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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what is Etienne hired?
(a) as a hewer
(b) as a loader
(c) as a horse tender
(d) as a carpenter

2. What type of job did Etienne have previously?
(a) an engineer
(b) an artist
(c) a mechanic
(d) a manager

3. For what does Maheu get scolded by his boss?
(a) dropping a cart
(b) being late to work
(c) leaving a rotten timber in place
(d) having Etienne live with them

4. Why do the miners hate the supervisors?
(a) they hit the miners with whips
(b) they have more money than the miners
(c) they're mean and fine them too much
(d) they don't work much

5. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?
(a) judgmental
(b) superior
(c) irritated
(d) compassionate

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Deneulin?

2. What does Lantier think he must do to save Catherine?

3. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?

4. What is the atmosphere like in the Maheu household?

5. What happens with the provident fund?

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