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

2. What is "buttons down the back?"
(a) Permanent scabs on vertebrae from scraping the spine on beams.
(b) A joke miners play on each other.
(c) A death story told to novices just entering the mines.
(d) The type of shirt worn to keep dust from getting into clothing.

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

4. How did a Northerner visiting Southern England see that part of the country?
(a) As snobbish, uneducated and fantastic.
(b) As snobbish, wealthy and unconcerned.
(c) As snobbish, effeminate and lazy.
(d) As snobbish, cruel and wealthy.

5. In what positions did Orwell find himself moving through the tunnels in the coal mine?
(a) Bent over, crawling and twisting.
(b) Bent over, squatting and crawling.
(c) Standing, crawling and moving on his belly.
(d) Bent over, squatting and running.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Emmie?

2. What did Orwell learn had happened to Wigan Pier?

3. What were some of the restrictions placed on residents of Corporation housing?

4. Why were the industrial towns in England so ugly and noxious?

5. Who was Old Jack?

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