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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?
(a) A bedroom, a shared bath, and two meals a day.
(b) An attic room, a toilet, and one meal a day.
(c) A couch in a living area, a shared bath, and one meal a day.
(d) A bed in the attic and meals that were mostly bread and butter.

2. 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'."

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

4. What is a snap can?
(a) A can of sardines strapped onto a belt for lunch.
(b) A can with medical supplies.
(c) A cold can of iced tea.
(d) A lunch can that is strapped onto a belt.

5. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?
(a) You could not stand upright in the pit bottom.
(b) You could not return the same way.
(c) You could not measure distance in the pit bottom.
(d) You were not able to hear anything in the pit bottom.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

2. Who did most of the cooking and laundry at the Brooker house?

3. How did one member of the press see Orwell's presence in Wigan?

4. What is left when a slag heap sinks into the ground?

5. What did the fillers wear?

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