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

2. What does Bonnemort tell Etienne about a job at the mine?
(a) there's no opening for a mechanic
(b) there's lots of work
(c) that they need a mechanic
(d) he could be a supervisor

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

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

5. Why is Deneulin failing in his business?
(a) his accountant steals from him
(b) he lacks management skills
(c) he has lazy workers
(d) he is stupid

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens in the Maheu family as the strike is called?

2. Where did Léon Grégoire get his money?

3. Where do the Grégoires live?

4. What does Souvarine think is the solution to the miners' problems?

5. What happens to Jeanlin in the accident in November in the mine?

Short Essay Questions

1. After eating dinner in the second chapter what does Etienne do and why?

2. Describe how Germinal starts out.

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

4. Souvarine and Etienne have a discussion after the tragedy of the shooting. What do they talk about and what does Souvarine do?

5. What do the miners demand of Mr. Hennebeau?

6. What does Etienne see Jeanlin do one night and what does Etienne do and find out?

7. What has La Maheude troubled and what does she do about it?

8. How do the Grégoires repond to La Maheude's request for help?

9. What do the women of the community try to get from Maigrat?

10. What does Etienne tell Catherine about himself on his first day of work?

(see the answer keys)

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