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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a year, how many minors are killed at work?
(a) One in nine hundred.
(b) One in twenty.
(c) One in one hundred.
(d) One in ten thousand.

2. What were "cream crackers?"
(a) Fried bread.
(b) Oreos.
(c) Potato chips.
(d) Biscuits.

3. Who was Emmie?
(a) Orwell's sister.
(b) The maid hired to come in weekly.
(c) The fiance of a son living in London.
(d) The neighbor who complained bitterly about the Brookers.

4. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) An anxious faced, obese invalid.
(b) A beautiful, tall seductress.
(c) An overweight, jolly woman.
(d) A jolly, industrious woman.

5. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?
(a) A couch in a living area, a shared bath, and one meal a day.
(b) An attic room, a toilet, and one meal a day.
(c) A bedroom, a shared bath, and two meals a day.
(d) A bed in the attic and meals that were mostly bread and butter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Orwell say the fillers looked like?

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

3. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?

4. How did Orwell describe the meals at the Brooker's house?

5. In what position must the fillers work?

(see the answer key)

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