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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the fillers wear?
(a) Shorts, light tee shirts and clogs.
(b) Long cotton pants and clogs.
(c) Thin drawers, clogs and knee pads.
(d) Shorts, light tee shirts and knee pads.

2. What kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) A small grocery.
(b) A tripe shop.
(c) A smoke shop.
(d) A women's dress shop.

3. What did each of the permanent lodgers get for their ten shillings a week rent?
(a) An attic room, a toilet, and one meal a day.
(b) A bed in the attic and meals that were mostly bread and butter.
(c) A bedroom, a shared bath, and two meals a day.
(d) A couch in a living area, a shared bath, and one meal a day.

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

5. How did D. H. Lawrence come to Orwell's mind as he rode the train?
(a) He was reading a book of poetry.
(b) He looked out over snow-covered hills.
(c) He met a passenger whose name was Lawrence.
(d) He looked at a beautiful girl.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a snap can?

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

3. Who was Emmie?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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