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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What queue does Orwell describe as often hundreds of yards long?
(a) The bread queue.
(b) The meat queue.
(c) The cigarette queue.
(d) The sweet queue.

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

3. What duty are the soldiers on the hilltop assigned?
(a) Cooking duty.
(b) Drinks duty.
(c) Propaganda duty.
(d) Gunner duty.

4. Who is the leader of the nationalists?
(a) General Goebbels.
(b) General Franco.
(c) General Mussolini.
(d) General Castro.

5. Why were the streets of Catalonia dimly lit at night?
(a) To save energy.
(b) For fear of air raids.
(c) To stop people leaving their houses.
(d) To stop foreigners coming in.

Short Answer Questions

1. What form of transport does Orwell take to Lyrida?

2. Where does Orwell's POUM unit travel to from Sietamo?

3. What kind of rifle does Orwell receive?

4. Where is the hospital Orwell is sent to?

5. Who takes all the patients' belongings while Orwell is in hospital?

(see the answer key)

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