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

2. What does Robert Jordan give Anselmo as he tells him what he saw on the hill?
(a) two glasses of whiskey
(b) bread from his sack
(c) a slug of water
(d) a warm beer

3. What is the best word to describe the character of Robert Jordan?
(a) foolish
(b) idealistic
(c) realistic
(d) superstitious

4. One officer agrees to show Andres inside the post, but insists on carrying this piece of equipment as they walk.
(a) his hand grenades
(b) his belt
(c) his canteen
(d) his gun

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why will Robert Jordan marry Maria in the United States?

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

3. Who does Andres tell the guard he is associated with?

4. Robert Jordan claims he is not superstitious, be he views the planes and fascist activity as what?

5. What does Robert Jordon hope General Golz will do when he receives his dispatch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Robert Jordan angry with Pilar and himself when he learns Pablo stole the materials for the mission?

2. How did Robert Jordan's father kill himself?

3. What does Karkov learn when he arrives at his apartment in the Hotel Gaylord in Madrid?

4. What does Andres think about as he walks to Golz, carrying a message from Robert Jordan?

5. Who does Pilar blame for the stolen materials?

6. What does Robert Jordan think Pablo's return is a sign of?

7. What does Robert Jordan's dispatch to General Golz say?

8. What begins to happen to Robert Jordan as he thinks more and more of Pablo?

9. How do Maria's parent's react right before they are killed by the fascists?

10. Maria is fearful of one thing upon marrying Robert Jordan. What is it and how does Robert Jordan react?

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