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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lantier set up a meeting with the miners?
(a) to decide what to do
(b) to distribute food
(c) to encourage them
(d) to end the strike

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

3. Where does Etienne see Jeanlin go one evening?
(a) to Denneulin
(b) to Chaval
(c) to the Hennebeaus'
(d) through a hidden hole

4. Why do the miners hate the supervisors?
(a) they hit the miners with whips
(b) they don't work much
(c) they're mean and fine them too much
(d) they have more money than the miners

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the miners presented to the visitors?

2. How does Etienne become a good hewer?

3. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?

4. Where did Léon Grégoire get his money?

5. Where does Etienne Lantier arrive the night at the beginning of the novel?

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