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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Mack punished on the way to the mines the next day?
(a) He must walk backwards.
(b) He is dragged behind a horse.
(c) He is whipped.
(d) He must walk naked.

2. What is High Glen?
(a) A novel.
(b) A bar.
(c) A house.
(d) A subdivision.

3. Why does Sir George Jamisson want Robert to marry Lizzie?
(a) She will be easily taught how to run the business.
(b) Her family pedigree is fit for his son.
(c) The Hallim estate is rich in coal.
(d) She is the most beautiful girl in the county.

4. Which Jamisson boy do the Jamissons hope Lizzie will marry?
(a) Edward.
(b) Philip.
(c) Charles.
(d) Robert.

5. What does Jay tell his father and brother about Mack?
(a) He is very ill.
(b) He is a trouble maker.
(c) He was wounded in a blast.
(d) He is leaving the mine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Jay share with his mother?

2. Who heads up the group who kidnaps Mack?

3. What is a firedamp?

4. The letter from the London lawyer states that the miners are to be free at the age of ________________.

5. How old was Mack when he first started working in the mines?

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