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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. Who brings in friends from Paris to see the mining town?
(a) the Grégoires
(b) Mrs. Hennebeau
(c) Moretie
(d) Deneulin

2. What does the owner of the Jean-Bart mine think will happen if the miners strike his mine?
(a) he will go bankrupt
(b) his wife will leave him
(c) they will destroy the mine
(d) someone will be killed

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the miners go when they leave the Hennebeaus?

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

3. How do the mine owners lower the workers' pay in October?

4. How are the miners presented to the visitors?

5. Why was Etienne fired from his previous job?

(see the answer key)

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