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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a cage?
(a) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.
(b) A steel box in which the foreman rides through the caverns.
(c) A steel box that is lowered at a fast rate into the caverns of the mine.
(d) A steel box in which supplies and personal belongings are kept.

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

3. For what did the Brookers purchase insurance policies?
(a) They insured each other.
(b) They insured their children.
(c) They insured their home and shop.
(d) They insured the lives of both old age pensioners.

4. How far under the ground was Orwell when he reached the bottom of the mine?
(a) Seven hundred feet.
(b) Four hundred yards.
(c) Four thousand yards.
(d) Four thousand feet.

5. At what point did Orwell leave the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) When all of his belongings were stolen.
(b) When he had enough of the other men sharing his room.
(c) When his wallet was stolen.
(d) When he found there was a full chamber pot under the breakfast table.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?

2. What was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?

3. What did the fillers wear?

4. Why did men chew tobacco in the mines?

5. With what phrase did all of Mrs. Brooker's complaints end?

(see the answer key)

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