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

2. For what does Maheu get scolded by his boss?
(a) being late to work
(b) dropping a cart
(c) leaving a rotten timber in place
(d) having Etienne live with them

3. What is the atmosphere like in the Maheu household?
(a) exciting
(b) joyful
(c) hopeful
(d) sad and tired

4. Who brings in friends from Paris to see the mining town?
(a) the Grégoires
(b) Mrs. Hennebeau
(c) Moretie
(d) Deneulin

5. What is a ducasse?
(a) a card game
(b) a board game
(c) a local fair
(d) a type of duel

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the supervisors fine the Maheu team?

3. Who does Etienne hear talking as he walks?

4. Who is Rasseneur?

5. Why was Etienne fired from his previous job?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Chaval feeling about Catherine and Lantier with Etienne living there and what does he do about it?

2. What happens at the Hennebeaus' house when they are hosting a party?

3. What happens in the mine with Chaval, Etienne and Catherine?

4. What do the Jean-Bart miners face on the surface?

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

6. Where does Etienne move in August and why?

7. Why does Catherine return home during the strike and what does she see?

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

9. What happens to the strike of the miners as time goes by?

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

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