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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?
(a) "Miners are not all stupid people not deserving of an education."
(b) "Miners are people too."
(c) "Because miners sweat their guts out, superior people can remain superior."
(d) "Miners have families just like other people."

3. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?
(a) It was brought to the surface and dumped into "dirt-heaps."
(b) It was added to the coal and processed.
(c) It was left in the mine in empty mine shafts.
(d) It was taken away by large trucks and brought to lakes and rivers.

4. What did Orwell say the fillers looked like?
(a) Slaves in Egypt.
(b) Hammered metal sculpture.
(c) Wooden soldiers.
(d) Hammered iron statues.

5. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?
(a) A dark, sour, small boned, filthy man.
(b) An ugly, offensive, odd smelling man.
(c) An aggressive, manly, attractive fellow.
(d) A small boned, angry, crippled man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were the first sounds Orwell heard in the morning when he woke at the Brookers?

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

4. What were "cream crackers?"

5. What is "traveling?"

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