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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Montsu miners do after they are finished at the Jean-Bart mine?
(a) head to the Hennebeaus
(b) go to other mines
(c) tear down Deneulin's house
(d) go home

2. What happens after Chaval makes his announcement at the Advantage?
(a) nothing
(b) he leaves
(c) other miners congratulate him
(d) Lantier and he fight

3. What causes an explosion at the Jean-Bart mine?
(a) a fired lamp
(b) dynamite lit by miners
(c) coal dust igniting
(d) timbers that catch on fire

4. What does Etienne ask Catherine?
(a) that she kill Chaval
(b) that she start back to work
(c) that she move in with him
(d) for some money

5. What does Etienne talk about with his new friend?
(a) girlfriends
(b) the war
(c) the strike
(d) their families and homes

6. What happens when the Borains arrive at the mine to work?
(a) the miners kill them
(b) the miners on strike gather there
(c) nothing
(d) Etienne talks them out of working

7. During the last part of the strike what are many of the miners' children doing?
(a) vandalizing the managers' homes
(b) attacking the rich children
(c) looking for activities that will feed them
(d) destroying the town

8. What is hiding like for Etienne?
(a) difficult
(b) fun
(c) like a game
(d) it has no effect on him

9. Why is it difficult for the miners to get out of the Jean-Bart mine when the cables are cut?
(a) the safety ladders are destroyed
(b) the number of miners
(c) the tunnel is flooded
(d) the carts are destroyed

10. How does Deneulin respond to Etienne's request?
(a) he says he'll decide tomorrow
(b) he says yes
(c) he refuses
(d) he ignores it

11. What does Rasseneur feel about the strike?
(a) it's working
(b) excited that it happened
(c) it's useless and absurd
(d) it should go on

12. How does Lantier try to help the negotiation process?
(a) destroying a mine shaft
(b) killing a mine owner
(c) keeping food from the wealthy
(d) meeting with Hennebeau

13. Who comes to the Maheu house with food for the family?
(a) Bonnemort
(b) Jacques
(c) Jeanlin
(d) Catherine

14. Why does Lantier decide to hide?
(a) Chaval is going to kill him
(b) he steals some food
(c) his old supervisor is looking for him
(d) the miners are mad at him

15. How does Grégoire feel about what the miners want?
(a) they should be content with what they have
(b) he's indifferent to them
(c) he agrees with them
(d) he hates them

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the owner of the Jean-Bart mine convince to stop the strike?

2. What does Etienne think about his position as leader in the strike?

3. Why do the miners sign up with the union?

4. Of what does Lantier try to convince Deneulin?

5. What does Etienne see Jeanlin do?

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