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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6 and 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What point was Orwell making in his explanation of the coal miner's pay?
(a) They are paid the same as any other laborer.
(b) They are actually well paid.
(c) They are actually paid very little.
(d) They are paid more than the mayor of the town.

2. With what phrase did all of Mrs. Brooker's complaints end?
(a) "I just as well die tonight!"
(b) "It do seem unfair, don't it?"
(c) "I hate it all, all I say."
(d) "It does seem 'ard, don't it now?"

3. What was the major difference between a mile above ground and a mile in the pit bottom?
(a) You could not stand upright in the pit bottom.
(b) You could not measure distance in the pit bottom.
(c) You were not able to hear anything in the pit bottom.
(d) You could not return the same way.

4. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?
(a) Thunder.
(b) A machine gun.
(c) A loud hum.
(d) An echo.

5. Why did Orwell believe the return trip through the tunnels was worse than the initial one?
(a) Because he was forced to move very quickly.
(b) Because he was going slightly uphill on the return.
(c) Because he was alone in the dark.
(d) Because he was terribly hungry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How was unemployment viewed by people in the late twenties and early thirties in England?

2. What could happen to cause a miner to lose one or two days pay?

3. How many people shared the bedroom in which Orwell slept at the Brookers?

4. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?

5. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?

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