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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. Which city in Spain do people say is still revolutionary?
(a) Mallorca.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Barcelona.

2. What is the name of the POUM leader?
(a) Alfred Molina.
(b) George Orwell.
(c) Andry Nin.
(d) Andre Gide.

3. What does Orwell decide to get before he is transferred?
(a) A sun hat.
(b) A gun.
(c) A uniform.
(d) Boots.

4. What organization announces McNair's arrest while he is in France?
(a) A newspaper.
(b) A radio show.
(c) A news program.
(d) A poster.

5. From what disease is Cottman suffering?
(a) The Measles.
(b) Small Pox.
(c) The Chicken Pox.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

1. For which of the POUM members has the government issued a warrant?

2. What group is Bob Smilie a part of?

3. What does the Spanish government order everyone to surrender?

4. What kind of fighting does Kopp tell his men they have been ordered to engage in?

5. What do Orwell and a few others volunteer as at the POUM headquarters?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does fighting break out in Barcelona at the beginning of Chapter 10?

2. How do the government troops defuse the situation in Barcelona?

3. Why does Orwell decide the Spanish Civil War is still important?

4. Why does Orwell want to start fighting in Madrid?

5. What are the rumors surrounding the attack on the telephone exchange?

6. How do Orwell and his wife get back to England?

7. How does Orwell get his wound examined?

8. How are POUM members having problems in Chapter 13?

9. What bad news do the POUM units hear in Chapter 12?

10. How has Barcelona changed when Orwell returns?

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