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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. How did Orwell describe the meals at the Brooker's house?
(a) "Uniformly disgusting."
(b) "Abjectly woeful."
(c) "Uniformly pitiful."
(d) "Pitifully disgusting."

5. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?
(a) A loud hum.
(b) An echo.
(c) A machine gun.
(d) Thunder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Old Jack?

2. What did the fillers wear?

3. What creature did Orwell see a surprising abundance of in the coal mine?

4. How many people shared the bedroom in which Orwell slept at the Brookers?

5. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?

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