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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were newspaper canvassers?
(a) They were door-to-door advertisement salesmen.
(b) They were door-to-door salesmen selling newspaper subscriptions.
(c) They were door-to-door surveyers for the census.
(d) They were door-to-door pollsters for the political candidate.

2. What were the first sounds Orwell heard in the morning when he woke at the Brookers?
(a) The sound of mill girls' clogs down the cobbled street.
(b) The sound of Mrs. Brooker bustling around the kitchen.
(c) The sound of birds chirping in the trees.
(d) The sound of hammering at the house next door.

3. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?
(a) They are paid more than the mayor of the town.
(b) They are actually well paid.
(c) They are paid the same as any other laborer.
(d) They are actually paid very little.

4. What did Mr. Brooker do while grumbling that it was "women's work?"
(a) Watch the television in the middle of the day.
(b) Peel potatoes and clean house.
(c) Shop for groceries and mend curtains.
(d) Clean the bathrooms and cook oatmeal for dinner.

5. What was one problem faced by the tenant moving from slum housing into new housing?
(a) The lack of medical care.
(b) The outdoor plumbing.
(c) The higher expense.
(d) The noise level.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many people shared the bedroom in which Orwell slept at the Brookers?

2. How does a miner bathe after dinner?

3. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?

4. Upon what did Orwell believe our civilization is based?

5. Where was Orwell's bed in his room at the Brooker's house?

(see the answer key)

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