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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Montsou miners do when the Jean-Bart miners come to the surface?
(a) yell at them
(b) beat them up
(c) line up so they have to walk through them
(d) throw rocks at them

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

3. What does Etienne create with advice from his friend Pluchart?
(a) a new system of managment
(b) a new pay system
(c) a workers' union
(d) a new way to hew

4. How do the other miners see Etienne at work?
(a) as lazy
(b) as too hard working
(c) as stupid
(d) as an educated person

5. Where do the Grégoires live?
(a) at the village
(b) near Montsou
(c) Voreux
(d) Paris

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rasseneur feel about the strike?

2. Why is life at the Maheus so difficult?

3. Why is it difficult for the miners to get out of the Jean-Bart mine when the cables are cut?

4. Who is waiting for the Jean-Bart miners when they exit the mine?

5. What causes an explosion at the Jean-Bart mine?

(see the answer key)

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