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

2. What was a favorite refuge for the unemployed man in Wigan?
(a) The movie theatre.
(b) City Hall.
(c) The alleys.
(d) The shopping areas.

3. What was the most understandable cause of accidents in a mine?
(a) Gas explosions.
(b) Exhaustion.
(c) Collapsing roofs.
(d) Cancer.

4. How did Orwell come to understand the discrepancies in pay for miners?
(a) By studing pay checks and bank accounts.
(b) By working with the payroll departments.
(c) By interviewing miners.
(d) By listening to talk around the lunch table.

5. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?
(a) "Miners are people too."
(b) "Miners are not all stupid people not deserving of an education."
(c) "Miners have families just like other people."
(d) "Because miners sweat their guts out, superior people can remain superior."

Short Answer Questions

1. Upon what did Orwell believe our civilization is based?

2. What did miners tell Orwell about why they ate less than he did at a meal?

3. What is nystagmus?

4. How did unemployment affect the life of the married man?

5. Who did the work in the house of a married unemployed man?

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