3. How is Chaval feeling about the relationship between Catherine and Etienne?
(a) extremely jealous
(b) enraged
(c) happy
(d) indifferent

4. What does the grocer want in order to help La Maheude?
(a) La Maheude to sleep with him
(b) Catherine to come to the store
(c) one of La Maheude's family heirlooms
(d) La Maheude to work for him

5. Why do the Maheus invite Etienne to live with them?
(a) the oldest child left home
(b) they need help with the house
(c) Catherine wants to marry him
(d) they need more money

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

7. Where does Chaval go when the miners strike?
(a) to LaSalle
(b) to the Jean-Bart pit
(c) to Paris
(d) to England

8. What does Etienne tell the miners he wants to fight?
(a) pay raises
(b) poor conditions
(c) the mines closing
(d) capitalism

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

10. What is the new capitalistic trend concerning money?
(a) give money to poor people
(b) put the money in a bank
(c) invest in speculation
(d) put the capital to work and maximize profit

11. Who is Léon Grégoire?
(a) the Maheus' cousin
(b) the night watchman
(c) an important investor in the mine
(d) Chaval's father

12. What happens to Etienne's relationship with Catherine when he moves into her home?
(a) it gets stronger
(b) it falls apart
(c) nothing
(d) it becomes physical

13. Who is the Voreux's manager?
(a) Mr. LaFatette
(b) Mr. Hennebeau
(c) Jeanlin
(d) Deneulin

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

15. Why do the Maheus see Catherine moving out as a traitor act to the family?
(a) she can't babysit the younger children
(b) she is giving her money to Chaval
(c) her wages will be lost
(d) she's living unmarried with a man