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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 Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?
(a) "Tomorrow's comin'."
(b) "Sleep warm, then."
(c) "Good night, boys!"
(d) "Till the morrow!"

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

3. 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) A bed in the attic and meals that were mostly bread and butter.
(c) An attic room, a toilet, and one meal a day.
(d) A bedroom, a shared bath, and two meals a day.

4. How did the Brookers view the two old age pensioners that lived in their house?
(a) They did not think of them at all as long as they paid their rent.
(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 thought of them as dreadful parasites living on their charity.

5. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?
(a) It is bad luck to carry a photograph of one's children into the mines.
(b) It is bad luck to wear red into the mines.
(c) It is bad luck to kiss a woman goodbye before going into the mines.
(d) It is bad luck to see a woman before going to work in the morning shift.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing a miner does when he comes up from the mine?

2. What is nystagmus?

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

4. At what time of year does the coal industry slack off?

5. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?

(see the answer key)

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