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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 kind of shop was attached to the Brooker's boarding house?
(a) A small grocery.
(b) A smoke shop.
(c) A tripe shop.
(d) A women's dress shop.

2. What did Orwell think was the "ugliest town in the Old World?"
(a) Wigan.
(b) Snelling.
(c) Sheffield.
(d) Manchester.

3. Who was Emmie?
(a) Orwell's sister.
(b) The neighbor who complained bitterly about the Brookers.
(c) The fiance of a son living in London.
(d) The maid hired to come in weekly.

4. How did Orwell describe Mrs. Brooker?
(a) An anxious faced, obese invalid.
(b) A jolly, industrious woman.
(c) A beautiful, tall seductress.
(d) An overweight, jolly woman.

5. Who did Orwell believe was doing the best work for the unemployed in the thirties?
(a) The National Unemployed Workers' Union.
(b) The National Communist Party.
(c) The National Center for Employment Benefits.
(d) The National Employment Readiness Centers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Orwell's bed in his room at the Brooker's house?

2. What was one commodity that was less expensive in industrialized parts of England than the rest of the country?

3. What did Orwell believe every unemployed man should be given if he wanted it?

4. Who was Mr. Reilly?

5. What did Orwell urge the reader to realize about the coal miner?

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