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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the guards at the government post feel about Andres?

2. One officer agrees to show Andres inside the post, but insists on carrying this piece of equipment as they walk.

3. What does Robert Jordan NOT believe in?

4. How does Andres respond when Miranda asks about the movement?

5. Pilar wakes to tell Robert Jordan that this man is missing.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after Robert Jordan finishes wiring the bridge and hears a truck coming down the road?

2. How does Gomez make sure Andres speaks to Lieutenant Colonel Miranda?

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

4. How is Pablo treated when he appears at the entrance to the cave?

5. What does Andres daydream about doing once the war is over?

6. What does Robert Jordan wish he could talk to his grandfather about and hopefully receive some advice? What does he realize as a result of his thoughts?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pablo returns to the cave and Pilar calls him Judas Iscariot, the ultimate betrayer, but accepts him back regardless. Do you think that Robert Jordan and Pilar did the right thing by accepting him back in the cave? Explain why or why not and give textual evidence.

Essay Topic 2

Should Robert Jordan have killed Pablo immediately? What does it say about Robert Jordan's character that he contemplated his decision to kill or not kill Pablo as he watched him care for the horses? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Robert Jordan trusts Agustin, who controlled his urge to kill the first four cavalrymen. If he had killed them, what would have happened to the mission? Agustin had the innate desire to kill. Robert Jordan thinks that killing is sacramental to Spaniards. Do you agree? Give examples from the text.

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