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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Lantier hide?
(a) in Jeanlin's burrow
(b) in Paris
(c) in the forest
(d) in the Advantage

2. What does the mine owners tell the miners?
(a) things will improve
(b) a shipment of bread is on the way
(c) everyone who was at the mine that day is under arrest
(d) they will be fired

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

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

5. Where does Etienne move after the confrontation at the mine?
(a) back in with the Maheus
(b) to Russia
(c) to Marchiennes
(d) to America

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the women go to for food?

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

3. Why is life at the Maheus so difficult?

4. What major character is killed at the confrontation at the mine?

5. Who is Souvarine?

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