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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 8 and 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How was the coal miner getter paid?
(a) By the ton extracted from the mine.
(b) By the week.
(c) By the hour.
(d) By the coalcar load.

2. Why did Orwell's parents eventually forbid him to play with certain children in the neighborhood?
(a) "Middle class parents cannot allow their children to be seen with blue collar children."
(b) Middle class parents cannot allow their children to play in the street all hours of the day."
(c) "Middle class parents cannot afford to let their children play until homework was done."
(d) "Middle class people cannot afford to let their children grow up with vulgar accents."

3. What was the number of people underfed in England based on Orwell's calculations?
(a) Over ten million.
(b) Under seven million.
(c) Over eleven million.
(d) Over twenty million.

4. What portion of the population of Wigan was living on unemployment, including family members?
(a) One half.
(b) One eighth.
(c) One third.
(d) One forth.

5. How does a miner bathe after dinner?
(a) In a hot bath tub.
(b) In an outdoor shower.
(c) With a basin of water and a washcloth.
(d) In a tub outside in the yard.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Orwell say was the distinguishing mark of the upper-middle class before the war in England?

2. What did Saintsbury say about unemployment insurance?

3. When asked who the top ten greatest men living in 1920, who was most often named in Orwell's school class?

4. What other types of expenses were taken from the miner's pay?

5. Where did Orwell first go to sleep with the beggars and criminals of the working class?

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