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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical attributes did the fillers share?
(a) They were tall, broad shouldered and thick around the waist.
(b) They were small, overweight thick thighed men.
(c) They were small, broad shouldered and thin.
(d) They were short, slightly overweight and broad shouldered.

2. How many tons of coal were moved on the conveyor belt every minute?
(a) One ton.
(b) Hundreds of pounds.
(c) Several tons.
(d) Millions of pounds.

3. How long were the fillers on the job during their shifts?
(a) Seven and a half hours with no break.
(b) Six hours with no benefits.
(c) Seven hours with two twenty minute breaks.
(d) Eight hours with half an hour for lunch.

4. What was done with the unusable shale inside of the mines?
(a) It was taken away by large trucks and brought to lakes and rivers.
(b) It was added to the coal and processed.
(c) It was left in the mine in empty mine shafts.
(d) It was brought to the surface and dumped into "dirt-heaps."

5. What were newspaper canvassers?
(a) They were door-to-door salesmen selling newspaper subscriptions.
(b) They were door-to-door pollsters for the political candidate.
(c) They were door-to-door surveyers for the census.
(d) They were door-to-door advertisement salesmen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the cause of the great majority of accidents in the mine?

2. To what did Orwell compare the sound of the conveyor belt in the mine?

3. What were "cream crackers?"

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

5. What did Old Jack say every night when he went to bed?

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