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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Etienne do about what he sees on his walk?
(a) he kills the criminal
(b) he reports the problem
(c) nothing
(d) he watches the miners

2. When did Bonnemort begin working in the mine?
(a) at 5 years old
(b) at 12 years old
(c) at 16 years old
(d) at 8 years old

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Etienne fired from his previous job?

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

3. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?

4. Why is Deneulin failing in his business?

5. What does Etienne tell the miners he wants to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lantier see Jeanlin do and how does he help the boy?

2. How does Chaval's actions affect Catherine and how does Etienne feel about it?

3. What does Lantier create for the miners to join and what is one of his first projects?

4. What is the social scene like in the village?

5. Chaval comes in the Advantage where Etienne is talking with Rasseneur. What does he announce and what happens between him and Etienne?

6. What happens at the Hennebeaus' house when they are hosting a party?

7. What happens to Etienne as he works in the mines, as far as his job is concerned?

8. What does Lantier do when the miners begin to reject him?

9. Why were the Montsou miners angry at the Jean-Bart miners?

10. How do the women of the settlement feel about Maigrat's death and what do they do after it?

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