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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is Orwell invited to transfer to at the end of Chapter 10?
(a) The International Column.
(b) The Civil Guards.
(c) CNT.
(d) POUM.

2. What kind of enthusiasm does Orwell say is now flagging?
(a) Republican enthusiasm.
(b) War enthuiasm.
(c) Revolutionary enthusiasm.
(d) Survival enthusiasm.

3. What is erected in the city the next morning?
(a) Gunner towers.
(b) Street barricades.
(c) Tower blocks.
(d) Watch towers.

4. From what is Williams suffering?
(a) Shell shock.
(b) Amnesia.
(c) An arm wound.
(d) A leg wound.

5. What rank is Benjamin promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Major.
(c) Captain.
(d) General.

6. What political leader does Orwell want Spain to reject?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Churchill.
(c) Franco.
(d) Stalin.

7. Who is the PSUC trying to disarm?
(a) The CNT.
(b) The GNC.
(c) The TYH.
(d) The PBC.

8. What is the name of the POUM leader?
(a) Andry Nin.
(b) Alfred Molina.
(c) George Orwell.
(d) Andre Gide.

9. What is the name of the small political organization which publishes a radical leaflet calling for sustained revolution?
(a) The Friends of Durruti.
(b) Francophiles.
(c) The Enemies of Evil.
(d) Looting Goodness.

10. What does Orwell say is scarce in Barcelona?
(a) Water.
(b) Cigarettes.
(c) Food.
(d) Alcohol.

11. Where does Orwell have to stay to avoid the police?
(a) Trenches.
(b) Abandoned buildings.
(c) Bomb shelters.
(d) Hospitals.

12. To where is Orwell first evacuated?
(a) Barbastro.
(b) Sietamo.
(c) Lyrida.
(d) Barcelona.

13. What does Orwell describe the Communists political maneuverings as?
(a) A genocide.
(b) A dart board.
(c) A swamp.
(d) A cesspool.

14. What part of Orwell's body does the bullet penetrate?
(a) His leg.
(b) His arm.
(c) His neck.
(d) His shoulder.

15. Whose tactic does Orwell say disgusts him?
(a) The governments.
(b) The Fascists.
(c) The Communists.
(d) The Capitalists.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Orwell spend time recuperating in Chapter 13?

2. Where is Orwell's wound examined for the first time?

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

4. What organization announces McNair's arrest while he is in France?

5. What does Orwell want to write?

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