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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was one "perk" given to miners that was actually off-set by transportation costs?
(a) Bonus for on-time work.
(b) Bonus for meeting coal goals.
(c) Free tool sharpening.
(d) Reduced cost of the coal for their houses.

2. What were "caravan dwellings?"
(a) Housing set up for criminals.
(b) Trailers that were brought in after the war for housing.
(c) Trailers for the government workers in the city.
(d) Traveling circus employees' tent cities.

3. What does "back to back" mean?
(a) Two houses combined to make one large house.
(b) Two houses separated by a brick wall.
(c) Two houses built as one, one upstairs, one downstairs.
(d) Two houses built as one, front house faces the street, back house faces the alley.

4. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?
(a) They are actually paid very little.
(b) They are paid more than the mayor of the town.
(c) They are actually well paid.
(d) They are paid the same as any other laborer.

5. How did D. H. Lawrence come to Orwell's mind as he rode the train?
(a) He looked out over snow-covered hills.
(b) He looked at a beautiful girl.
(c) He was reading a book of poetry.
(d) He met a passenger whose name was Lawrence.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell react to the train moving into the countryside?

2. How far under the ground was Orwell when he reached the bottom of the mine?

3. What was one common characteristic of all of the houses Orwell saw in industrial towns?

4. How did Orwell come to understand the discrepancies in pay for miners?

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

(see the answer key)

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