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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10, 11, and 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were "caravan dwellings?"
(a) Housing set up for criminals.
(b) Traveling circus employees' tent cities.
(c) Trailers for the government workers in the city.
(d) Trailers that were brought in after the war for housing.

2. Which towns did Orwell note for their approach to tearing down slum housing and rebuilding?
(a) Liverpool and Manchester.
(b) Liverpool and Yorkshire.
(c) Liverpool and London.
(d) Liverpool and Sheffield.

3. When they had something to eat, what did the fillers consume?
(a) A hunk of bread and drippings, and a bottle of cold tea.
(b) A large pan of hot cereal and a bottle of cold tea.
(c) A hunk of meat and gravy, and a bottle of cold tea.
(d) A large sandwich and pickles, and a bottle of cold tea.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why did Orwell believe it was not possible to have a trade union of middle class workers?

4. What did the fillers wear?

5. How was the coal miner getter paid?

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