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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 does Etienne do about what he sees on his walk?
(a) he watches the miners
(b) he kills the criminal
(c) nothing
(d) he reports the problem

2. Why is it difficult for the miners to get out of the Jean-Bart mine when the cables are cut?
(a) the carts are destroyed
(b) the tunnel is flooded
(c) the number of miners
(d) the safety ladders are destroyed

3. How do the miners feel about the Borains?
(a) happy for help
(b) angry and betrayed
(c) indifferent
(d) confused

4. Where does Etienne go to rent a room?
(a) the Advantage
(b) the Jolly Fellow
(c) Le Voreux
(d) Marchiennes

5. How does Etienne become a good hewer?
(a) advice and help from Catherine
(b) Chaval teaches him
(c) he studies a book
(d) Bonnemort takes him under his wing

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chaval go when the miners strike?

2. How old is Etienne Lantier?

3. With whom does Bonnemort live?

4. What does Bonnemort mean?

5. What do the miners do to the soldiers?

(see the answer key)

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