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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Deneulin ask of Gregoire?
(a) to marry his daughter
(b) to pay for Deneulin's schooling
(c) to invest in Gregoire's mine
(d) to borrow money

2. What does Etienne see during his walk?
(a) the rape of Catherine
(b) the mine being worked
(c) the rape of La Maheude
(d) stealing from the grocery store

3. What does Souvarine think is the solution to the miners' problems?
(a) prayer
(b) banding together
(c) total destruction of everything
(d) working harder

4. Who goes with Chaval when he leaves the Voreux?
(a) Catherine
(b) Souvarine
(c) Zacharie
(d) Jeanlin

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

6. How do the other miners see Etienne at work?
(a) as too hard working
(b) as lazy
(c) as an educated person
(d) as stupid

7. Where does La Maheude go to ask for help?
(a) the charity center
(b) the priest
(c) the Grégoires
(d) the bank

8. Why would visitors come to the mining village?
(a) they're related to some mine investors
(b) they want to see how poor people live
(c) they are related to Mrs. Hennebeau
(d) they aren't wealthy enough for Paris

9. How do the visitors treat the people in the village?
(a) with kindness
(b) with irritation
(c) with aloofness
(d) with surface politeness

10. Who is Rasseneur?
(a) the owner of the Advantage
(b) the owner of the Jolly Roger
(c) the manager of Jean-Bart
(d) the owner of Jean-Bart

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

12. Why is Bonnemort delaying his retirement?
(a) he wants to keep his grandchildren safe
(b) to earn more money for retirement
(c) he has too many children to feed
(d) he likes working

13. What is the old aristocratic tradition as far as handling money?
(a) don't worry about money
(b) use capital wisely and moderately
(c) let someone else handle your money
(d) spend a lot of money for status

14. How old is Etienne Lantier?
(a) about 40
(b) about 30
(c) about 21
(d) about 18

15. What is La Maheude given instead of food?
(a) money
(b) clothes for the children
(c) a job
(d) nothing

Short Answer Questions

1. For what does Maheu get scolded by his boss?

2. What is one of the reasons Etienne thinks he might be working in the mine?

3. What is Leon Grégoire's biggest concern in life?

4. How do the mine owners lower the workers' pay in October?

5. How many members of the Maheu family work in the mines?

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