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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. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Marsellies
(b) the Voreux mining pit
(c) Paris
(d) America

2. How much do the miners' actions at the Jean-Bart mine affect work there?
(a) it slows work down
(b) it means the work force has to double
(c) it is now impossible
(d) it doesn't affect it

3. Who has decided to cut the cable at the Jean-Bart mine?
(a) the Jean-Bart miners
(b) the miners from Montsou
(c) Pluchart
(d) Chaval

4. Why do the activist miners say they have decided to leave the Advantage?
(a) because of warm beer and bad soup
(b) too many management types
(c) it's too small
(d) the police hang out there

5. Where does Etienne see Jeanlin go one evening?
(a) through a hidden hole
(b) to the Hennebeaus'
(c) to Denneulin
(d) to Chaval

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Zacharie?

2. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?

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

4. Why is Bonnemort delaying his retirement?

5. What happens in the Maheu family as the strike is called?

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