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

5. Who brings in friends from Paris to see the mining town?
(a) Moretie
(b) Mrs. Hennebeau
(c) the Grégoires
(d) Deneulin

6. Who is Deneulin?
(a) Catherine's boyfriend
(b) Grégoire's cousin
(c) a miner in Voreux
(d) the manager of the mine

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

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

9. For what does Maheu get scolded by his boss?
(a) leaving a rotten timber in place
(b) being late to work
(c) having Etienne live with them
(d) dropping a cart

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

11. Who is Zacharie?
(a) Etienne's cousin
(b) a young street vendor
(c) Chaval's brother
(d) the oldest Maheu child

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

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

14. How many members of the Maheu family work in the mines?
(a) two
(b) four
(c) five
(d) seven

15. What does Etienne suggest the workers create?
(a) a provident fund
(b) a health plan
(c) a way to rotate workers
(d) a different shift system