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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does "one up, one down" mean?
(a) One room on each storey.
(b) One room in front of another.
(c) One room with a higher ceiling than the other.
(d) One ground floor, one basement.

2. What did Orwell find to be the determining factor in the way housekeeping was done?
(a) The proximity of the landlord.
(b) The lack of a grandmother in the house.
(c) The number of adults in one room.
(d) The number of children.

3. How far under the ground was Orwell when he reached the bottom of the mine?
(a) Four hundred yards.
(b) Four thousand feet.
(c) Seven hundred feet.
(d) Four thousand yards.

4. What was offered a very few of the miners in the better built mines?
(a) A hot meal.
(b) A quart of water.
(c) A pithead bath.
(d) A check cashing facility.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When a miner comes up from the pit, why does he appear to be pale?

2. According to Mrs. Brooker, who was "at Canada?"

3. What did Orwell say the fillers looked like?

4. In what position must the fillers work?

5. What did Orwell say about the Corporation housing as a whole?

(see the answer key)

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