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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 Orwell say about the Corporation housing as a whole?
(a) "Comfortable and personal."
(b) "Demeaning and horrific."
(c) "Ruthless and soulless."
(d) "Adequate and personalized."

2. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?
(a) Because he is exhausted.
(b) Because of the foul air he has been breathing.
(c) Because he is thirsty.
(d) Because he has not been in the sun.

3. What is "buttons down the back?"
(a) A death story told to novices just entering the mines.
(b) The type of shirt worn to keep dust from getting into clothing.
(c) A joke miners play on each other.
(d) Permanent scabs on vertebrae from scraping the spine on beams.

4. At what time of year does the coal industry slack off?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

5. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?
(a) It was turned into a diner.
(b) It was converted into a caravan park.
(c) It was a myth and never existed.
(d) It had been demolished.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell react to the train moving into the countryside?

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

3. What were "cream crackers?"

4. Who was Old Jack?

5. Who did most of the cooking and laundry at the Brooker house?

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