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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 1-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can't Bonnemort work inside the Voreux anymore?
(a) he is not able to think due to a brain injury
(b) he is sick and disabled
(c) he is too old
(d) his leg is broken

3. What are the type of people who tend to go to the Advantage?
(a) mine management
(b) young people
(c) dissatified workers
(d) older men

4. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?
(a) Marsellies
(b) the Voreux mining pit
(c) Paris
(d) America

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the miners hate the supervisors?

2. What is one of the reasons Etienne thinks he might be working in the mine?

3. How many grandchildren does Bonnemort have?

4. How many members of the Maheu family work in the mines?

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

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