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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V: Chapter 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Etienne meet on the first day of the job that he likes?
(a) Catherine
(b) Phillipe
(c) Bonnie
(d) La Shale

2. What does Hennebeau tell the miners?
(a) he'll raise their salary
(b) he'll suspend rent payments on the homes
(c) he'll talk to his superiors
(d) he'll lower the prices in the grocery store

3. What does Maheu ask of Hennebeau?
(a) to join the union
(b) to be made a supervisor in the mine
(c) for money to feed his family
(d) justice and for bread every day

4. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?
(a) Phillipe
(b) Danseart
(c) Dom Gernera
(d) Jaques

5. Why do the miners sign up with the union?
(a) they think the union will bring down the rich
(b) they believe Pluchart's speech
(c) they have no where else to turn
(d) they think the union will feed them

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the house number where Bonnemort lives?

2. What does Etienne tell the miners he wants to fight?

3. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?

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

5. Why is the meeting of the miners and Lantier stopped early?

(see the answer key)

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