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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?
(a) "Tomorrow's comin'."
(b) "Till the morrow!"
(c) "Good night, boys!"
(d) "Sleep warm, then."

2. Why does every miner have a blue scar on his nose and forehead?
(a) Coal dust reacts with the nasal passages.
(b) Every miner hits his nose and forehead sometimes.
(c) The blue is a bruise.
(d) Coal dust enters the wound and the skin grows over it.

3. What is "traveling?"
(a) The unpaid time it takes to get from the job site to the eating area.
(b) Getting to and from the mine from the miner's home.
(c) Going up and down in the elevator.
(d) The unpaid time it takes to crawl through the tunnels to the job site.

4. What were the first sounds Orwell heard in the morning when he woke at the Brookers?
(a) The sound of Mrs. Brooker bustling around the kitchen.
(b) The sound of hammering at the house next door.
(c) The sound of birds chirping in the trees.
(d) The sound of mill girls' clogs down the cobbled street.

5. What was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?
(a) Noise.
(b) Fire.
(c) Foul air.
(d) Darkness.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

2. What is "buttons down the back?"

3. What author accused miners of gluttony?

4. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?

5. What was the most understandable cause of accidents in a mine?

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