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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical attributes did the fillers share?
(a) They were tall, broad shouldered and thick around the waist.
(b) They were small, overweight thick thighed men.
(c) They were short, slightly overweight and broad shouldered.
(d) They were small, broad shouldered and thin.

2. Who did most of the cooking and laundry at the Brooker house?
(a) Mr. Brooker's sister.
(b) Mrs. Brooker's daughter-in-law and future daughter-in-law.
(c) A neighbor hired by Mrs. Brooker.
(d) Mrs. Brooker's son and his wife and kids.

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

4. What is "buttons down the back?"
(a) The type of shirt worn to keep dust from getting into clothing.
(b) A death story told to novices just entering the mines.
(c) A joke miners play on each other.
(d) Permanent scabs on vertebrae from scraping the spine on beams.

5. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?
(a) Because he was going slightly uphill on the return.
(b) Because he was terribly hungry.
(c) Because he was forced to move very quickly.
(d) Because he was alone in the dark.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a year, how many minors are killed at work?

2. What did Mr. Brooker do while grumbling that it was "women's work?"

3. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?

4. According to Mrs. Brooker, who was "at Canada?"

5. What were newspaper canvassers?

(see the answer key)

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