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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of man does Robert Jordan think his father was?
(a) a leader
(b) a coward
(c) a hero
(d) a thief

2. What is Robert Jordan doing when Anselmo finds him?
(a) crying alone
(b) writing in his notebook
(c) sleeping on the hillside
(d) praying

3. What is the only weapon Robert Jordan still kept that belonged to his grandfather?
(a) the knife
(b) the dagger
(c) the saber
(d) the gun

4. What does Golz watch as he receives the dispatch?
(a) a fleet of fascists leaving
(b) the planes take off
(c) the empty trucks roll in
(d) smoke rise up from the mountains

5. What is the predominant nature of the Spanish people?
(a) superstituous
(b) argumentative
(c) deceptive
(d) boastful

6. What does Andres think of himself as a bullfighter?
(a) that he was a coward
(b) that he was brave
(c) that he was a hero
(d) that he should be given more credit

7. What does Andre Marty immediately order?
(a) to arrest Gomez and Andres
(b) to employ troops to the bridge
(c) to pile machine guns into the trucks
(d) to gather granades

8. Maria asks if Robert Jordan wants to talk about his work, but Robert Jordan wants to talk about this city instead.
(a) Barcelona
(b) Madrid
(c) Dallas
(d) New York City

9. Robert Jordan reminds PIlar that there will be no attack unless they hear this sound.
(a) men shouting
(b) engines rolling
(c) bombs dropping
(d) gunfire

10. Robert Jordan claims he is not superstitious, be he views the planes and fascist activity as what?
(a) bad omens
(b) signs of encouragment
(c) signs of progress
(d) good luck

11. What does Robert Jordan find missing when he checks his sack?
(a) shampoo and conditioner
(b) exploder and detonators
(c) guns and ammunition
(d) food for the remainder of the stay

12. What character does Pilar compare Pablo to based on his actions?
(a) the devil
(b) a fascist
(c) Jesus
(d) Judas Iscariot

13. Where does Robert Jordan lie to wait for daylight?
(a) the shrubs
(b) the sand
(c) the grass
(d) the woods

14. What does Robert Jordan feel certain about as he approaches Primivito?
(a) the operation will be cancelled
(b) the operation will not be cancelled
(c) the operation will fail
(d) the operation will succeed

15. What do the fascists do to Maria and her sister after their parents were killed?
(a) shave their heads
(b) send them to live in the back country
(c) banish them from Madrid
(d) lock them up in a cold room

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Robert Jordan tell Pilar to do now that she knows Pablo is gone?

2. As Robert Jordan is walking down to the post to speak to Primivito what does he realize that Golz does not have the power to do?

3. What does Robert Jordan NOT believe in?

4. When the metal stops falling, Robert Jordan sees that the middle of the bridge is gone and this man is dead.

5. After Pilar's group returns, Robert Jordan learns of this man's death.

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