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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what do Etienne and Souvarine talk?
(a) the future of the workers
(b) how to be a good hewer
(c) how to make money
(d) escaping the mines and going to Paris

2. Why was Etienne fired from his previous job?
(a) being too friendly with the owner's daughter
(b) hitting a supervisor
(c) drinking on the job
(d) political activity

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

4. Why is the innkeeper friendly with Etienne?
(a) he has money
(b) Etienne buys everyone drinks
(c) he knows Pluchart
(d) he likes new people

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

6. What do the miners decide to do when the company lowers their pay?
(a) destroy the mine
(b) rob the mine's payroll
(c) kill the owner
(d) go on strike

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

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

9. Why does Etienne Lantier go for a walk?
(a) he is restless
(b) he has a headache
(c) he is meeting friends
(d) he needs the exercise

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

11. Where do the Grégoires live?
(a) near Montsou
(b) Voreux
(c) Paris
(d) at the village

12. Why do the supervisors fine the Maheu team?
(a) for faulty timbering
(b) for not meeting the daily quota
(c) for stopping work before lunch
(d) for talking too much

13. What type of work does Bonnemort do for the mine?
(a) tends the horses
(b) picker
(c) carter
(d) runs the cable

14. How does Chaval feel about Catherine?
(a) he loves her
(b) he respects her
(c) he likes her
(d) he feels nothing

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Etienne meet on the first day of the job that he likes?

2. What type of job did Etienne have previously?

3. What happens to Etienne's relationship with Catherine when he moves into her home?

4. What does Deneulin ask of Gregoire?

5. How many grandchildren does Bonnemort have?

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