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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where does Orwell's POUM unit travel to from Sietamo?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Alcubierre.
(c) Mauser.
(d) Madrid.

3. How does Orwell try to kill the fleeing Fascist?
(a) By bayoneting him.
(b) By beating him around the head.
(c) By shooting him.
(d) By throwing an axe at him.

4. Which Spanish political party was under Communist control?
(a) FAI.
(b) PSUC.
(c) UGT.
(d) POUM.

5. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?
(a) Red and white.
(b) Red and black.
(c) Orange and white.
(d) Green and yellow.

6. What form of transport does Orwell's unit take to Barbastro?
(a) A car.
(b) A bus.
(c) A bicycle.
(d) A taxi.

7. In what part of Spain is Mblaga located?
(a) Western Spain.
(b) Northern Spain.
(c) Central Spain.
(d) Southern Spain.

8. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?
(a) Trotsky.
(b) Hitler.
(c) Stalin.
(d) Mussolini.

9. What does Orwell say he is surprised to feel when the Fascist infantry attacks?
(a) Happiness.
(b) Hate.
(c) Excitement.
(d) Fright.

10. What does Orwell use to make a makeshift wall?
(a) Boxes of ammunition.
(b) Sandbags.
(c) Mud.
(d) Unexploded bombs.

11. Where does the militia march to after getting armed?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Lisbon.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Zaragoza.

12. Which military group in Spain did Stalin suppress?
(a) JOUPE.
(b) CNC.
(c) FAI.
(d) POUM.

13. What do the soldiers think caused the downfall of Mblaga?
(a) Treachery.
(b) Death.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Propaganda.

14. What form of transport does Orwell take to Lyrida?
(a) Train.
(b) Ship.
(c) Bus.
(d) Airplane.

15. What rations end entirely in Chapter 8?
(a) Rice.
(b) Water.
(c) Cigars.
(d) Cigarettes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Orwell say he speaks badly?

2. What is the name of the newspaper the Fascists drop?

3. Where do the soldiers bathe?

4. Where is Orwell sent to at the end of Chapter 3?

5. What do the peasants start doing in Spring?

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