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

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

3. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?
(a) Jaques
(b) Phillipe
(c) Danseart
(d) Dom Gernera

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Etienne feel about the miners with whom he is working?

2. Who is Souvarine?

3. What does Deneulin ask of Gregoire?

4. What is the mining settlement called where the novel takes place?

5. About what do Etienne and Souvarine talk?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why has Etienne come to the mine?

2. What happens outside the mine after the mine is flooded?

3. What happens to the strike of the miners as time goes by?

4. What activist does Etienne meet at the Advantage and what do they do?

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

6. How do the miners feel about the supervisors?

7. Describe how Germinal starts out.

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

9. What happens in the mine in November and what was the consequences?

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

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