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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is on top of each hilltop?
(a) A machine gunner.
(b) A head quarters.
(c) A flag.
(d) A tank.

2. What is the name of the army unit that arrives on the Aragon in June, 1937?
(a) The POUM Army.
(b) The Red Army.
(c) The Militia Army.
(d) The Popular Army.

3. What kind of drink do the soldiers have plenty of?
(a) Beer.
(b) Vodka.
(c) Water.
(d) Wine.

4. What unit does Orwell want to be transferred to?
(a) The International Column.
(b) POUM.
(c) The Militia.
(d) The Popular Army.

5. What are the Popular Army officers armed with?
(a) Truncheons.
(b) Rifles.
(c) Pistols.
(d) Daggers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do people prefer the Popular Army to the militia?

3. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?

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

5. In what way do things start to get better in mid April?

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