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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 the Brookers view the two old age pensioners that lived in their house?
(a) They thought of them as dreadful parasites living on their charity.
(b) They thought of them as a danger because they smoked in bed.
(c) They thought of them as two old, quiet men bothering no one.
(d) They did not think of them at all as long as they paid their rent.

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

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

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

5. Why did men chew tobacco in the mines?
(a) It was medicinal.
(b) It was a deterrent to thirst.
(c) It was a stimulant.
(d) It was good for headaches.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?

2. At what point did Orwell leave the Brooker's boarding house?

3. Who were the only permanent lodgers at the Brookers?

4. How many tons of coal were moved on the conveyor belt every minute?

5. Who were the fillers?

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