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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the deputy and his wife make at any time of the day?
(a) Tea
(b) Noise
(c) Coffee
(d) Breakfast

2. Where does the narrator hide his money?
(a) In his sock
(b) Under his pillow
(c) In his glasses case
(d) In his shoe

3. What is a chanter?
(a) A public speaker
(b) A pretty girl
(c) A preacher
(d) A street singer

4. For how long is the narrator staying at the spike?
(a) One night
(b) A weekend
(c) Five days
(d) A week

5. What are the tramps embarrassed by in this chapter?
(a) Their lack of education
(b) Their smell
(c) Prayer talk
(d) A nun

6. What does the narrator say uneducated men need to stay sane?
(a) Physical work
(b) Education
(c) A family
(d) Drugs

7. What do the narrator and his acquaintance have to do before they receive food from the church?
(a) Listen to a sermon
(b) Debate religion with the vicar
(c) Vandalize a rival church
(d) Sing and dance

8. What does the former Eton man do during the night and while he's asleep?
(a) Walks
(b) Punches the wall
(c) Talks
(d) Wets the bed

9. What is the name of the spike the narrator stays in in this chapter?
(a) Clapham
(b) Croydon
(c) Tooting
(d) Lower Binfield

10. In what city did Bozo have an accident?
(a) Amsterdam
(b) Birmingham
(c) Liverpool
(d) Paris

11. How much money does Paddy want to bury?
(a) 20 pence
(b) 5 pence
(c) 50 pence
(d) 10 pence

12. How is Paddy eventually killed?
(a) He starves
(b) He jumps off a bridge
(c) He is murdered
(d) He is run over

13. How big are the bedrooms in the spike?
(a) 10x10 feet
(b) 5x5 feet
(c) 8x8 feet
(d) 8x5 feet

14. What does the narrator summarize in this chapter?
(a) Vagrant sleeping conditions
(b) The British justice system
(c) Vagrant eating habits
(d) The benefits of married life

15. When can Boo not work?
(a) When it is too hot
(b) Sunday's
(c) In the evenings
(d) When it rains

Short Answer Questions

1. Name one of the slang words Orwell lists in this chapter.

2. What does the narrator list in this chapter?

3. For what is Paddy put in prison?

4. What does the narrator say would make people like begging more?

5. Which of the following is an example of the work Bozo and his friends do?

(see the answer keys)

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