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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. What does the owner of the Jean-Bart mine think will happen if the miners strike his mine?
(a) he will go bankrupt
(b) they will destroy the mine
(c) someone will be killed
(d) his wife will leave him

2. What does Etienne create with advice from his friend Pluchart?
(a) a new pay system
(b) a workers' union
(c) a new system of managment
(d) a new way to hew

3. Why is it difficult for the miners to get out of the Jean-Bart mine when the cables are cut?
(a) the number of miners
(b) the tunnel is flooded
(c) the carts are destroyed
(d) the safety ladders are destroyed

4. Why do the miners follow Lantier as a leader?
(a) they agree with his ideas
(b) he is from a wealthy family
(c) he makes great speeches
(d) he is a college graduate

5. Of what does Lantier try to convince Deneulin?
(a) to fire Chaval
(b) to take on more miners
(c) to keep Jean-Bart running
(d) that all mines must strike

Short Answer Questions

1. By what name does Bonnemort's daughter-in-law go?

2. What happens to Maigrat when he runs from the miners?

3. What do the miners do when the Grégoires pull up to the Hennebeaus' house?

4. Who does Etienne hear talking as he walks?

5. What does Souvarine think is the solution to the miners' problems?

(see the answer key)

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