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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did miners tell Orwell about why they ate less than he did at a meal?
(a) Food is available in the mine if they need something.
(b) They are not allowed to use a bathroom.
(c) They cannot work all day on a full stomach.
(d) They have permanently lost their appetites.

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

3. How did Orwell come to understand the discrepancies in pay for miners?
(a) By interviewing miners.
(b) By listening to talk around the lunch table.
(c) By working with the payroll departments.
(d) By studing pay checks and bank accounts.

4. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?
(a) You were not able to hear anything in the pit bottom.
(b) You could not return the same way.
(c) You could not stand upright in the pit bottom.
(d) You could not measure distance in the pit bottom.

5. What is a snap can?
(a) A cold can of iced tea.
(b) A can of sardines strapped onto a belt for lunch.
(c) A lunch can that is strapped onto a belt.
(d) A can with medical supplies.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what man did Orwell compare the coal miner?

2. How does a miner bathe after dinner?

3. Who was Emmie?

4. How did the Brookers view the two old age pensioners that lived in their house?

5. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?

(see the answer key)

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