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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When will the narrator's new employers arrive home?

2. How much money does the narrator have left the next morning?

3. What is the name of Paddy's friend?

4. What do the narrator and Paddy visit in this chapter?

5. What causes swear words to lose their original meaning?

Short Essay Questions

1. What stories does the narrator hear at the Cromley spike?

2. What happens to Paddy and Bozo in the final chapter?

3. How is Bozo more interesting than other homeless people he has met in the book?

4. What ideas does the narrator have to improve the tramp's lives?

5. What are spikes?

6. How is Paddy different from Boris?

7. What shocks the narrator in chapter 35?

8. How does Bozo earn his money?

9. Summarize chapter 37.

10. What reason does the carpenter give for throwing away all the food?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the following statement "A plongeur is a slave, and a wasted slave, doing stupid and largely unnecessary work." Using examples from the text write an essay either supporting or arguing against the statement.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's dialogue. How does Orwell's dialogue contribute to the following areas

1) Character

2) Setting

3) Plot

Essay Topic 3

Identify the main themes of the story. Why do you think these themes are so important to the story? How does Orwell use character and setting to express these themes?

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