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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Anselmo suggest he go to try to get some information while someone else watches the road?
(a) Valencia
(b) Madrid
(c) La Granja
(d) back to the camp

2. What does Pilar tell Fernando about Robert Jordan and Maria?
(a) they are traitors
(b) they are communists
(c) they cannot be trusted
(d) they are engaged

3. What is the name of the woman who escaped from Valladolid during the train incident?
(a) Pilar
(b) Helena
(c) Mariana
(d) Maria

4. What kind of tree does Robert Jordan cut down to use the boughs to make a bed, the smell reminding him of Missoula?
(a) cottonwood
(b) pine
(c) eucalyptus
(d) oak

5. One of Sordo's men begins to curse which character in Pablo's band for leaving them there?
(a) Robert Jordan
(b) Sordo
(c) Agustin
(d) Pilar

6. What clothing does Pablo mock Robert Jordan about, thinking they wear it in the United States?
(a) trousers
(b) tank tops
(c) jeans
(d) skirts

7. Where should Andres bring the horses if he hears gunfire?
(a) through the woods, behind the gap
(b) three miles south
(c) keep them at the camp
(d) toward the mountains

8. How does Robert Jordan know the struggle at Sordo's is over?
(a) he knows in his heart
(b) one of Sordo's men reports to him
(c) it is quiet
(d) he can see the hilltop

9. If not death, what does the gypsy suggest the group do to Pablo to control him?
(a) kidnap Pablo
(b) drug Pablo
(c) blind Pablo
(d) cripple Pablo

10. Robert Jordan wakes to the sound of this in the morning.
(a) car engine
(b) explosives
(c) airplanes
(d) gunfire

11. What does Robert Jordan refuse to say to Maria as he senses danger approaching?
(a) he is angry
(b) he is sorry
(c) he loves her
(d) he does not agree with her

12. Who does the gypsy first talk to about killing Pablo?
(a) Pilar
(b) Anselmo
(c) Maria
(d) Agustin

13. What occupation does Joaquin hold?
(a) a bullfighter
(b) a lawyer
(c) a military officer
(d) a doctor

14. What mission is Robert Jordan on?
(a) to blow up an enemy bridge
(b) to ambush the enemy
(c) to rally troops
(d) to build diplomatic relations

15. What does Robert Jordan tell Maria when she joins him sleeping?
(a) he loves Pilar
(b) he won't kill Pablo
(c) he is afraid to die
(d) he loves her

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man who is Pilar's first love as well as a matador?

2. What does Pilar think of Robert Jordan deciding to not kill Pablo?

3. What is the name of the man who is not completely dead on the hill?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Robert Jordan met the peasant Spanish commanders when he first joined the movement?

5. What does Pablo dress as when he arrives?

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