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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. In a year, how many minors are killed at work?
(a) One in twenty.
(b) One in nine hundred.
(c) One in ten thousand.
(d) One in one hundred.

2. Who did most of the cooking and laundry at the Brooker house?
(a) Mrs. Brooker's son and his wife and kids.
(b) Mrs. Brooker's daughter-in-law and future daughter-in-law.
(c) A neighbor hired by Mrs. Brooker.
(d) Mr. Brooker's sister.

3. When the Corporation cleaned out the slums and moved its occupants, where did it build housing for them?
(a) On top of pre-existing housing.
(b) In the center of town.
(c) Below ground.
(d) Far away from the tenants' employment.

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

5. In one town, what was built instead of public housing the town desperately needed?
(a) A recreational area.
(b) A library.
(c) A town hall.
(d) A museum.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were "cream crackers?"

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

3. What physical attributes did the fillers share?

4. What was "the flock mattress?"

5. What percentage of a person's income, whether employed or on unemployment, was given over to rent in Wigan?

(see the answer key)

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