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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of rodent do the soldiers begin to see everywhere?
(a) Rats.
(b) Gerbils.
(c) Mice.
(d) Hamsters.

2. What does Orwell ideally want to fight against?
(a) Communism.
(b) Racism.
(c) Capitalism.
(d) Fascism.

3. Where is Orwell sent to at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Huesca.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Barcelona.

4. What do the peasants start doing in Spring?
(a) Crop planting.
(b) Opening markets.
(c) Tree planting.
(d) Celebrating.

5. What unit does Orwell's English paper allow him to join?
(a) POPA.
(b) POUM.
(c) EGAL.
(d) SWAT.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the soldiers use to shout out political slogans?

2. To what city has Orwell's wife moved?

3. Where does Orwell's unit march to?

4. What two languages does Orwell speak fluently?

5. What happens on April 25, 1937?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Barcelona like when Orwell first arrives in 1936?

2. Describe the conditions of the trenches.

3. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

4. How does the hot weather make life in the trenches intolerable again?

5. What is Orwell's role as a Cabo?

6. How do the attacks between the Fascists and the Republicans prove ineffectual in Chapter 6?

7. What does Orwell observe as he travels through Spain?

8. How did the Italian militiaman influence Orwell?

9. How does propaganda prove successful on both sides?

10. What is the job of the soldiers on the hilltops?

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