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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. Where is Orwell transferred to in Chapter 3?
(a) Monte Carlo.
(b) Monte Oscuro.
(c) Monte Toto.
(d) Monte Rego.

2. Who takes all the patients' belongings while Orwell is in hospital?
(a) The orderlies.
(b) The nurses.
(c) The doctors.
(d) The visitors.

3. What kind of rifle does Orwell receive?
(a) A German Mauser.
(b) A Dutch Yoodle.
(c) An English marksman.
(d) An AK-47.

4. Whose political ideology did the POUM follow?
(a) Hitler.
(b) Trotsky.
(c) Mussolini.
(d) Stalin.

5. Where was POUM based?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Barcelona.
(c) Lyrida.
(d) Zaragoza.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the Popular Army officers armed with?

2. What color did the Anarchists paint the trams and taxis?

3. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?

4. What city do the anarchists attack in June?

5. Onto what kind of animal do the soldiers pack the water?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the Italian militiaman influence Orwell?

2. How do the newspapers report the Fascist attack?

3. Why is the front such a miserable place to live?

4. How do the militia and the Fascists fight each other in the trenches near Zaragoza?

5. Describe the conditions of the trenches.

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

7. How do the Fascists force Orwell and his troops back to their own trenches?

8. What is the Popular Army?

9. Who is POUM?

10. How does Orwell's situation change at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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