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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Orwell compares the price of a book to the price of what other luxury?
(a) A Cuban cigar.
(b) A carriage ride.
(c) An expensive seat at the cinema.
(d) A bottle of whiskey.

2. What kind of person is Thibaw?
(a) Wise and noble.
(b) Fair and just.
(c) Drunken and homicidal.
(d) Colorful, but harmless.

3. In Chapter 15, Orwell tallies the price of what commodities?
(a) Alcohol and food.
(b) Alcohol, cigarettes and books.
(c) Movies, books and records.
(d) Food, clothing and books.

4. What does Orwell suggest as an act of contrition for someone who has committed a sin?
(a) Planting a tree.
(b) Confessing to a priest.
(c) Working to right their wrong.
(d) Volunteerism.

5. How does Orwell feel about Jack the Ripper?
(a) He committed "perfect" murders, worthy of being turned into literature.
(b) He thinks he was a fraud.
(c) He thinks he was sloppy, and just got lucky in not being caught.
(d) He thinks it was actually a group of people committing the murders.

Short Answer Questions

1. Orwell says, in Chapter 12, that he has occasionally found what in summer?

2. In Chapter 18, Orwell describes an image of what, taken from books such as "Tom Sawyer" and "Uncle Tom's Cabin"?

3. What do Orwell's readers think Orwell should be focusing on?

4. How much did it cost to plant the garden Orwell describes in Chapter 13?

5. According to Orwell, what do newspapers try to do when reporting on sports events?

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