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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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."

2. What did Socialism mean to the average, ordinary working man in England?
(a) Better wages, better working conditions, and positive work environments.
(b) Better wages, longer vacations, and no bosses.
(c) Better wages, medical insurance, and no bosses.
(d) Better wages, shorter hours, and no one bossing you around.

3. What was the average size of one of the dwellings?
(a) Five feet wide by six feet high.
(b) Twenty feet wide by five feet high.
(c) Ten feet wide by ten feet high.
(d) Ten feet wide by twelve feet high.

4. Where did Orwell go before he turned twenty?
(a) Belfast.
(b) Burma.
(c) Sudan.
(d) Washington D.C.

5. What is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?
(a) Gas explosions.
(b) Gob fires.
(c) Fall of a roof.
(d) Human error.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Comrade X?

2. What were some of the restrictions placed on residents of Corporation housing?

3. What were "caravan dwellings?"

4. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?

5. At what time of year does the coal industry slack off?

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