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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the miners hate the supervisors?
(a) they don't work much
(b) they have more money than the miners
(c) they hit the miners with whips
(d) they're mean and fine them too much

2. With whom does Bonnemort live?
(a) his daughter
(b) his son
(c) no one
(d) his wife

3. Who does Etienne hear talking as he walks?
(a) Jacques and Catherine
(b) Jeanlin and Coltier
(c) Chaval and Catherine
(d) La Maheude and Bonnemort

4. What does Etienne suggest the workers create?
(a) a provident fund
(b) a health plan
(c) a different shift system
(d) a way to rotate workers

5. What do the miners decide to do when the company lowers their pay?
(a) destroy the mine
(b) kill the owner
(c) rob the mine's payroll
(d) go on strike

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the new capitalistic trend concerning money?

2. Who brings in friends from Paris to see the mining town?

3. What is the atmosphere like in the Maheu household?

4. For what is Etienne hired?

5. From what hereditary disease does Etienne suffer?

(see the answer key)

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