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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what position must the fillers work?
(a) Slouching over.
(b) Standing up.
(c) Sitting.
(d) On their knees.

2. What physical attributes did the fillers share?
(a) They were short, slightly overweight and broad shouldered.
(b) They were small, overweight thick thighed men.
(c) They were small, broad shouldered and thin.
(d) They were tall, broad shouldered and thick around the waist.

3. When the Corporation cleaned out the slums and moved its occupants, where did it build housing for them?
(a) Far away from the tenants' employment.
(b) In the center of town.
(c) On top of pre-existing housing.
(d) Below ground.

4. Who wrote "The Coal Scuttle?"
(a) Mr. Joseph Jones, Mayor of Barnsley, Yorkshire.
(b) Mr. John Abbott, Mayor of Chelsey, Yorkshire.
(c) Mr. Albert Hall, Mayor of Chelsey, Yorkshire.
(d) Mr. Paul McCartney, Mayor of Barnsley, Yorkshire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?

2. What is a "blind back?"

3. What was one common characteristic of all of the houses Orwell saw in industrial towns?

4. At what point did Orwell leave the Brooker's boarding house?

5. To what man did Orwell compare the coal miner?

(see the answer key)

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