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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part VI: Chapter 1-5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is La Maheude upset about her family?
(a) they won't listen to her
(b) they are leaving home
(c) she doesn't have the money to feed them
(d) they all work in the mine

2. Why do the activist miners say they have decided to leave the Advantage?
(a) too many management types
(b) it's too small
(c) because of warm beer and bad soup
(d) the police hang out there

3. How does Etienne help Jeanlin?
(a) giving him food
(b) teaching him to read
(c) to cover up his actions
(d) giving him a place to live

4. With whom does Bonnemort live?
(a) his wife
(b) no one
(c) his son
(d) his daughter

5. Who intervenes at the Hennebearus' to save Cécile?
(a) Catherine
(b) Bonnmorte
(c) Deneulin
(d) Etienne

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the miners leave if the cable is cut?

2. How do the mine owners lower the workers' pay in October?

3. When is the provident fund started by Etienne empty?

4. What does Etienne see during his walk?

5. Why is the meeting of the miners and Lantier stopped early?

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