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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 Etienne suggest the workers create?
(a) a way to rotate workers
(b) a different shift system
(c) a health plan
(d) a provident fund

2. How old is Etienne Lantier?
(a) about 18
(b) about 21
(c) about 30
(d) about 40

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

4. Who is Rasseneur?
(a) the owner of the Advantage
(b) the owner of the Jolly Roger
(c) the owner of Jean-Bart
(d) the manager of Jean-Bart

5. How does Léon Grégoire make his money?
(a) from the grocery store
(b) he's a trader
(c) from the mine profits
(d) he's a banker

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Souvarine?

2. Why do the supervisors fine the Maheu team?

3. Who is the overman who hires Étienne Lantier?

4. What is a ducasse?

5. For what is Etienne hired?

Short Essay Questions

1. Souvarine and Etienne have a discussion after the tragedy of the shooting. What do they talk about and what does Souvarine do?

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

3. Why does Etienne Lantier set up a meeting with the miners and what happens at that meeting?

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

5. What does Etienne hear and see on his walk?

6. What do the miners do once the visitors leave?

7. On pay day in October what angers the miners and what do they do about it?

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

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

10. What does Lantier do when the miners begin to reject him?

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