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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) An overweight, jolly woman.
(b) A jolly, industrious woman.
(c) A beautiful, tall seductress.
(d) An anxious faced, obese invalid.

2. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?
(a) An ugly, offensive, odd smelling man.
(b) A small boned, angry, crippled man.
(c) A dark, sour, small boned, filthy man.
(d) An aggressive, manly, attractive fellow.

3. What did Orwell say the fillers looked like?
(a) Hammered metal sculpture.
(b) Slaves in Egypt.
(c) Hammered iron statues.
(d) Wooden soldiers.

4. What were the first sounds Orwell heard in the morning when he woke at the Brookers?
(a) The sound of hammering at the house next door.
(b) The sound of birds chirping in the trees.
(c) The sound of Mrs. Brooker bustling around the kitchen.
(d) The sound of mill girls' clogs down the cobbled street.

5. What other types of expenses were taken from the miner's pay?
(a) Uniform rental, tools, union fees.
(b) Insurance, uniform rental, hospital fees.
(c) Hospital fees, tools, uniform rental.
(d) Insurance, lamp rental, union fees.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?

2. What did Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?

3. Upon what did Orwell believe our civilization is based?

4. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?

5. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?

(see the answer key)

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