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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?
(a) Thunder.
(b) An echo.
(c) A machine gun.
(d) A loud hum.

2. What is a "dataller?"
(a) A miner who digs the coal.
(b) A miner who plants explosives.
(c) A miner who attends to the roof of the mine.
(d) The superviser in the mine shaft.

3. What is a cage?
(a) A steel box in which coal is transported to the surface.
(b) A steel box in which the foreman rides through the caverns.
(c) A steel box in which supplies and personal belongings are kept.
(d) A steel box that is lowered at a fast rate into the caverns of the mine.

4. How was the coal miner getter paid?
(a) By the hour.
(b) By the coalcar load.
(c) By the week.
(d) By the ton extracted from the mine.

5. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?
(a) Standing, crawling and moving on his belly.
(b) Bent over, squatting and crawling.
(c) Bent over, squatting and running.
(d) Bent over, crawling and twisting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one superstition miner sometimes hold to?

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

3. How far under the ground was Orwell when he reached the bottom of the mine?

4. What is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?

5. What was the most understandable cause of accidents in a mine?

(see the answer key)

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