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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?
(a) It is bad luck to wear red into the mines.
(b) It is bad luck to kiss a woman goodbye before going into the mines.
(c) It is bad luck to see a woman before going to work in the morning shift.
(d) It is bad luck to carry a photograph of one's children into the mines.

2. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?
(a) "Miners have families just like other people."
(b) "Miners are people too."
(c) "Miners are not all stupid people not deserving of an education."
(d) "Because miners sweat their guts out, superior people can remain superior."

3. At what time of year does the coal industry slack off?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Fall.
(d) Summer.

4. 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 supplies and personal belongings are kept.
(d) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.

5. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) A small grocery.
(b) A tripe shop.
(c) A smoke shop.
(d) A women's dress shop.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point did Orwell leave the Brooker's boarding house?

2. How did the Brookers view the two old age pensioners that lived in their house?

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

4. What was the average distance between the pit bottom to the coal face?

5. What was the average size of one of the dwellings?

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