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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Robert Jordan feel for leaving the sack full of explosives with Pilar?
(a) selfish
(b) happy
(c) nervous
(d) foolish

3. What does Andres think about as he walks?
(a) bull baiting as a young man
(b) his grandfather
(c) Sordo's last words of advice
(d) the fascists

4. Miranda writers orders to help get the dispatch delivered to which character?
(a) Robert Jordan
(b) Pepe
(c) Golz
(d) Pablo

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

6. What does Karkov do to save time before he drives to the front at two o'clock in the morning?
(a) send a correspondance to Robert Jordan
(b) sleep in his clothes
(c) eat a late dinner
(d) tell his wife goodbye

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

8. 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) banish them from Madrid
(c) shave their heads
(d) lock them up in a cold room

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

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

11. How does Robert Jordan feel when he thinks about Pablo and the explosives?
(a) enraged
(b) indifferent
(c) obsessive
(d) hopeful

12. Who were bombed in Segovia by the fascists?
(a) the enemy
(b) women and children
(c) their own troops
(d) civilians

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

14. What is the name of the French army officer?
(a) Gomez
(b) Andres
(c) Miranda
(d) Andre Marty

15. What does Robert Jordan want to speak to his father about now that he has experienced battle?
(a) war
(b) diplomacy
(c) education
(d) love

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Robert Jordan lie to wait for daylight?

2. Maria's father yells out "Viva la Republica" before this event happens.

3. Upon explaining her past to Robert Jordan, what does Maria fear the most?

4. What does Robert Jordan give Anselmo as he tells him what he saw on the hill?

5. What part of Robert Jordan's body is broken?

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