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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 was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?
(a) Noise.
(b) Foul air.
(c) Fire.
(d) Darkness.

2. What is a "blind back?"
(a) A house with no lavatory.
(b) A house with a tall fence.
(c) A house with no fence.
(d) A house with no back door.

3. What was one common characteristic of all of the houses Orwell saw in industrial towns?
(a) None of them were high rent.
(b) None of them had running hot water.
(c) None of them were less than two bedrooms.
(d) None of them were brick.

4. What is "traveling?"
(a) Getting to and from the mine from the miner's home.
(b) The unpaid time it takes to crawl through the tunnels to the job site.
(c) Going up and down in the elevator.
(d) The unpaid time it takes to get from the job site to the eating area.

5. What could happen to cause a miner to lose one or two days pay?
(a) An over-scheduling mistake.
(b) A new training session.
(c) A machinery breakdown or a fault.
(d) A broken elevator.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most obvious sign of malnourishment in the families of the unemployed men?

2. When they had something to eat, what did the fillers consume?

3. What was one way the middle class worked to abolish class distinctions?

4. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

5. Where did Orwell go before he turned twenty?

(see the answer key)

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