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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What device is Pablo assigned to handle?
(a) the cannon
(b) the maquina
(c) the grenade launcher
(d) the pistol

2. When the metal stops falling, Robert Jordan sees that the middle of the bridge is gone and this man is dead.
(a) Agustin
(b) Anselmo
(c) Pablo
(d) Eliado

3. What emotion ultimately brings Pablo back to his people?
(a) fear
(b) desperation
(c) hunger
(d) trust

4. What does Robert Jordan silently wish why lying in Maria's arms.
(a) that the gypsy will be proven wrong
(b) that she will make love to him
(c) that Pablo will be killed
(d) that he would not die today

5. Who does Pilar blame when she finds out Pablo took the explosives?
(a) the gypsy
(b) Robert Jordan
(c) herself
(d) Maria

6. Who's influence has made Robert Jordan doubt the success of the mission?
(a) Agustin
(b) Pilar
(c) Anselmo
(d) Pablo

7. What emotion does Pilar think Pablo is showing by trying to stop the bridge?
(a) fear
(b) hate
(c) jealousy
(d) vengence

8. Maria's father yells out "Viva la Republica" before this event happens.
(a) he kills two fascist soldiers
(b) his wife is shot by the fascists
(c) his daughters' heads are shaved
(d) he is shot by the fascists

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

10. Who does Andres tell the guard he is associated with?
(a) The Fascists
(b) The band of Pablo
(c) The Republicans
(d) The Americans

11. Who does Robert Jordan decide to send to Navacerrada?
(a) Andres
(b) Maria
(c) Anselmo
(d) Pablo

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

13. Why will Robert Jordan marry Maria in the United States?
(a) because it is more cheerful
(b) because it is cleaner
(c) because the Church still exists there
(d) because it is less dangerous than Spain

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

15. What does Robert Jordan compare the feeling of going into battle with?
(a) preparing for a test
(b) going to a funeral
(c) going away to school
(d) getting married

Short Answer Questions

1. At what hotel is Karkov staying at in Madrid?

2. What does Andres show the government to prove his identity?

3. What does Pablo fear more than death?

4. What does Maria's mother pledge before she is killed by the fascists?

5. Maria asks if Robert Jordan wants to talk about his work, but Robert Jordan wants to talk about this city instead.

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