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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 Chaval do as Etienne is getting ready to kiss Catherine?
(a) dumps water on Etienne
(b) slips between them
(c) hits Etienne
(d) pulls Catherine away

2. Where did Léon Grégoire get his money?
(a) stealing
(b) inheritance
(c) good investments
(d) from his wife

3. How do the visitors feel about the Maheu children?
(a) they are frightful
(b) they are stupid
(c) they are delightful
(d) they are funny

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

5. What type of job did Etienne have previously?
(a) a manager
(b) an artist
(c) a mechanic
(d) an engineer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Bonnemort's family?

2. Who is Deneulin?

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

4. Why do the Maheus invite Etienne to live with them?

5. Who is Souvarine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Etienne's move affect his relationship with Catherine?

2. What does Deneulin ask of Chaval and what is the result?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What happens at the mine when the Borains arrive to work?

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

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

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