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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were newspaper canvassers?
(a) They were door-to-door pollsters for the political candidate.
(b) They were door-to-door salesmen selling newspaper subscriptions.
(c) They were door-to-door surveyers for the census.
(d) They were door-to-door advertisement salesmen.

2. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?
(a) They are paid more than the mayor of the town.
(b) They are actually well paid.
(c) They are actually paid very little.
(d) They are paid the same as any other laborer.

3. What is nystagmus?
(a) A nose disease.
(b) A lung disease.
(c) An eye disease.
(d) A heart disease.

4. What is the first thing a miner does when he comes up from the mine?
(a) Drinks large quantities of water.
(b) Gargles water to get the coal dust out of his nose and mouth.
(c) Goes home to bathe.
(d) Strips off his shirt and wipes his face.

5. What did the fillers wear?
(a) Shorts, light tee shirts and clogs.
(b) Long cotton pants and clogs.
(c) Thin drawers, clogs and knee pads.
(d) Shorts, light tee shirts and knee pads.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were the only permanent lodgers at the Brookers?

2. Who was Old Jack?

3. What physical attributes did the fillers share?

4. What was the average distance between the pit bottom to the coal face?

5. Why does every miner have a blue scar on his nose and forehead?

(see the answer key)

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