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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What group is Bob Smilie a part of?
(a) FAI.
(b) PSUC.
(c) POUM.
(d) CNT.

2. What does Orwell decide to get before he is transferred?
(a) A gun.
(b) Boots.
(c) A uniform.
(d) A sun hat.

3. Which of his friends does Orwell hear is dead?
(a) McNair.
(b) Nin.
(c) Cottman.
(d) Smillie.

4. For which of the POUM members has the government issued a warrant?
(a) Williams.
(b) Cottman.
(c) McNair.
(d) Nin.

5. What does Orwell want to write?
(a) An anti-Fascist article.
(b) A letter in defense of Franco.
(c) A book about Prison torture.
(d) A letter in defense of Kopp.

6. Who does the government's heavily armed police force exclude?
(a) Trade union members.
(b) Fascist officers.
(c) Stalinists.
(d) Anarchists.

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

8. Which of Orwell's friends is also recovering at the Maurin?
(a) Jacques.
(b) Johns.
(c) Williams.
(d) Kopp.

9. Who rushes across the street to stop the fighting?
(a) Orwell.
(b) Orwell's wife.
(c) Williams,
(d) Kopp.

10. From what city do the government soldiers arrive?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Valencia.
(d) Madrid.

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

12. Which city in Spain do people say is still revolutionary?
(a) Mallorca.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Madrid.

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

14. Where does Orwell say pistols are almost unobtainable?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) The frontline.
(c) The enemy line.
(d) Madrid.

15. What does Orwell say Franco stands for?
(a) The old Feudal order.
(b) A military government.
(c) Genocide.
(d) Colonization.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of gun strikes down Orwell?

2. What rank is Orwell promoted to in Chapter 12?

3. What kind of organization does POUM label PSUC?

4. What rank is Kopp promoted to in Chapter 12?

5. Who does Orwell meet on his return to Barcelona?

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