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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does most of the Fascists' ammunition stay unexploded?
(a) It is badly made.
(b) It is not thrown with enough force.
(c) It is too old.
(d) It is too cold.

2. What is on top of each hilltop?
(a) A head quarters.
(b) A flag.
(c) A machine gunner.
(d) A tank.

3. What kind of bird do the peasants like to hunt?
(a) Quails.
(b) Geese.
(c) Crows.
(d) Ducks.

4. Where is Orwell transferred to in Chapter 3?
(a) Monte Carlo.
(b) Monte Toto.
(c) Monte Rego.
(d) Monte Oscuro.

5. What does Orwell say the Anarchists scrawled in every wall in Catalonia?
(a) A British flag.
(b) A swasticker.
(c) A Spanish flag.
(d) A hammer and sickle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What unit does Orwell's English paper allow him to join?

2. What do the troops have to cut through to get to the enemy lines?

3. What does Orwell say he has been isolated from for 115 days?

4. Where do they find out the two men are after they go looking for them in Chapter 7?

5. Who does Orwell describe as a tough looking youth of 26?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

2. What is Barcelona like when Orwell first arrives in 1936?

3. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

4. How do the Fascists force Orwell and his troops back to their own trenches?

5. Who is the PSUC?

6. What is the job of the soldiers on the hilltops?

7. How do the militia and the Fascists fight each other in the trenches near Zaragoza?

8. What power does Franco have?

9. How are the militia soldiers organized?

10. Describe the conditions in Huesca.

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