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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. Who did the work in the house of a married unemployed man?
(a) The man helped by maintaining the living and dining rooms.
(b) The couple split the chores in half to get more free time together.
(c) A woman: the man did not help with any household tasks.
(d) The man helped with certain chores such as washing dishes.

2. Why does every miner have a blue scar on his nose and forehead?
(a) Every miner hits his nose and forehead sometimes.
(b) Coal dust enters the wound and the skin grows over it.
(c) Coal dust reacts with the nasal passages.
(d) The blue is a bruise.

3. What is left when a slag heap sinks into the ground?
(a) Ugly brown grass and soggy ground.
(b) A small hill of dirt.
(c) Soggy ground and bamboo.
(d) Dry land and weeds.

4. Who did Orwell go to hear speak while he was in Sheffield?
(a) A town hall meeting.
(b) A lecture by a clergyman.
(c) A play.
(d) A movie.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Orwell describe Mr. Brooker?

3. What did Orwell think would remind him that our age was not been a bad one to live in?

4. What was the only quality associated with hell that was not in the coal mine?

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

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