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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Republicans do with the Fascists' unexploded bombs?
(a) Use them for furniture.
(b) Send them home.
(c) Use them to keep warm.
(d) Throw them back.

2. What do the troops have to cut through to get to the enemy lines?
(a) Brambles.
(b) Brush.
(c) Wire.
(d) Long grass.

3. What kind of weapons is the militia issued?
(a) Grenades.
(b) Pistols.
(c) Machine guns.
(d) Rifles.

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

5. Where will Orwell be fighting if he is transferred to the International Column?
(a) Mallorca.
(b) Zaragoza.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Madrid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What weapon are Orwell and his troops supplied with?

2. What kind of weapon does Orwell manage to procure from the black market?

3. What city does Orwell arrive in on April 26?

4. What does Orwell say a fat man eats while children beg for bread?

5. What is the terrain of no man's land?

(see the answer key)

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