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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part IV: Chapter 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Bonnemort go outside to cough when the visitors are there?
(a) so he won't scare them
(b) so he won't be embarrassed
(c) so they don't know he's sick
(d) so he won't get anything on them

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

4. Where does La Maheude go to ask for help?
(a) the priest
(b) the bank
(c) the Grégoires
(d) the charity center

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?

2. How do the visitors treat the people in the village?

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

4. What does Deneulin ask of Gregoire?

5. During the last part of the strike what are many of the miners' children doing?

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