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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Jeanlin in the accident in November in the mine?
(a) nothing
(b) he is killed
(c) he is injured
(d) he is crippled

2. What is La Maheude given instead of food?
(a) money
(b) a job
(c) nothing
(d) clothes for the children

3. What does the grocer want in order to help La Maheude?
(a) La Maheude to sleep with him
(b) La Maheude to work for him
(c) Catherine to come to the store
(d) one of La Maheude's family heirlooms

4. Why do the Maheus see Catherine moving out as a traitor act to the family?
(a) she is giving her money to Chaval
(b) she's living unmarried with a man
(c) her wages will be lost
(d) she can't babysit the younger children

5. Why is La Maheude upset about her family?
(a) they are leaving home
(b) they won't listen to her
(c) she doesn't have the money to feed them
(d) they all work in the mine

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Bonnemort work inside the Voreux anymore?

2. What type of work does Bonnemort do for the mine?

3. Why is Bonnemort delaying his retirement?

4. What type of job did Etienne have previously?

5. How does Léon Grégoire make his money?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the miners get to their jobs?

2. What happens outside the mine after the mine is flooded?

3. Chaval comes in the Advantage where Etienne is talking with Rasseneur. What does he announce and what happens between him and Etienne?

4. How do the women of the settlement feel about Maigrat's death and what do they do after it?

5. What happens at the mine when the Borains arrive to work?

6. What is the social scene like in the village?

7. Why is it almost impossible by February for the miners to continue the strike?

8. How do the Grégoires repond to La Maheude's request for help?

9. What happens in the Maheu house that makes the situation so desperate and deadly?

10. What does Lantier talk to Deneulin about and what are the results?

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