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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. Of what does the company try to convince the miners?
(a) to negotiate
(b) to go home for a week
(c) to return to work
(d) to move away

2. What does Chaval do as Etienne is getting ready to kiss Catherine?
(a) slips between them
(b) pulls Catherine away
(c) dumps water on Etienne
(d) hits Etienne

3. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?
(a) judgmental
(b) irritated
(c) superior
(d) compassionate

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

5. How do the visitors feel about the Maheu children?
(a) they are delightful
(b) they are frightful
(c) they are stupid
(d) they are funny

Short Answer Questions

1. What keeps groundwater out of the mine?

2. What do the miners do when the Grégoires pull up to the Hennebeaus' house?

3. What have the miners gained with the strike?

4. Why is La Maheude upset about her family?

5. How do the miners feel about the Borains?

(see the answer key)

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