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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. What is the mining settlement called where the novel takes place?
(a) Village de Mine
(b) Two Hundred
(c) Verus De
(d) Two Hundred and Forty

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

3. What do the miners do to the soldiers?
(a) push them back
(b) yell at them
(c) throw them in the mine
(d) attack them

4. What happens to Alzire?
(a) he gets better
(b) he goes back to work
(c) he dies
(d) he becomes disabled

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Etienne do to Chaval in the flooded mine?

2. What does Hennebeau tell the miners?

3. Why is Deneulin selling Jean-Bart to the company?

4. What causes an explosion at the Jean-Bart mine?

5. What does Etienne do about what he sees on his walk?

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