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

2. What did many of the old timers believe about miners washing their legs?
(a) Washing causes lumbago.
(b) Washing causes ulcers.
(c) Washing is for women only.
(d) Washing is bad luck.

3. How does a miner bathe after dinner?
(a) In a hot bath tub.
(b) In a tub outside in the yard.
(c) With a basin of water and a washcloth.
(d) In an outdoor shower.

4. How did one member of the press see Orwell's presence in Wigan?
(a) Orwell was there to vilify humanity.
(b) Orwell did not understand the suffering of the poor.
(c) Orwell was there to snoop into poor people's lives.
(d) Orwell was a fascist.

5. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?
(a) It was taken away by large trucks and brought to lakes and rivers.
(b) It was brought to the surface and dumped into "dirt-heaps."
(c) It was added to the coal and processed.
(d) It was left in the mine in empty mine shafts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

2. What was one "perk" given to miners that was actually off-set by transportation costs?

3. What was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?

4. Who did the tenants of the slum houses believe to be the worst landlords?

5. Who were the fillers?

(see the answer key)

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