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

2. How does Léon Grégoire make his money?
(a) from the mine profits
(b) he's a banker
(c) he's a trader
(d) from the grocery store

3. Who does the owner of the Jean-Bart mine convince to stop the strike?
(a) Bonnemort
(b) Chaval
(c) Jeanlin
(d) Etienne

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

5. For what is Etienne hired?
(a) as a hewer
(b) as a loader
(c) as a horse tender
(d) as a carpenter

Short Answer Questions

1. Who has decided to cut the cable at the Jean-Bart mine?

2. Whose life does Lantier save when the Montsou miners are angry at Jean-Bart?

3. By what name does Bonnemort's daughter-in-law go?

4. Why do the Maheus invite Etienne to live with them?

5. Who is Zacharie?

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