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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Old Jack?
(a) An ex-miner, 80 years old, whose left hand had been severed in a mining accident.
(b) An ex-soldier, 75 years old, whose legs were both amputated after a battle.
(c) An ex-miner, 78 years old, who worked for over fifty years in the coal pits.
(d) An ex-shopkeeper, around 80, who retired and sold his shop.

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

3. What is "traveling?"
(a) The unpaid time it takes to crawl through the tunnels to the job site.
(b) Going up and down in the elevator.
(c) Getting to and from the mine from the miner's home.
(d) The unpaid time it takes to get from the job site to the eating area.

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

5. Why did men chew tobacco in the mines?
(a) It was good for headaches.
(b) It was a deterrent to thirst.
(c) It was medicinal.
(d) It was a stimulant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell come to understand the discrepancies in pay for miners?

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

3. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

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

5. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?

(see the answer key)

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