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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Emmie?
(a) The neighbor who complained bitterly about the Brookers.
(b) The maid hired to come in weekly.
(c) Orwell's sister.
(d) The fiance of a son living in London.

2. What is a cage?
(a) A steel box that is lowered at a fast rate into the caverns of the mine.
(b) A steel box in which the foreman rides through the caverns.
(c) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.
(d) A steel box in which supplies and personal belongings are kept.

3. What did Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?
(a) "Sleep warm, then."
(b) "Good night, boys!"
(c) "Till the morrow!"
(d) "Tomorrow's comin'."

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

5. For what did the Brookers purchase insurance policies?
(a) They insured their children.
(b) They insured each other.
(c) They insured their home and shop.
(d) They insured the lives of both old age pensioners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was one problem faced by the tenant moving from slum housing into new housing?

2. What is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?

3. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?

4. Who wrote "The Coal Scuttle?"

5. What creature did Orwell see a surprising abundance of in the coal mine?

(see the answer key)

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