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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 many of the old timers believe about miners washing their legs?
(a) Washing is for women only.
(b) Washing is bad luck.
(c) Washing causes ulcers.
(d) Washing causes lumbago.

2. When they had something to eat, what did the fillers consume?
(a) A large sandwich and pickles, and a bottle of cold tea.
(b) A hunk of meat and gravy, and a bottle of cold tea.
(c) A large pan of hot cereal and a bottle of cold tea.
(d) A hunk of bread and drippings, and a bottle of cold tea.

3. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?
(a) Because he was alone in the dark.
(b) Because he was forced to move very quickly.
(c) Because he was terribly hungry.
(d) Because he was going slightly uphill on the return.

4. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?
(a) A pithead bath.
(b) A check cashing facility.
(c) A hot meal.
(d) A quart of water.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who was Old Jack?

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

4. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?

5. What was the average distance between the pit bottom to the coal face?

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