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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 makes Orwell's patrols difficult?
(a) The steep terrain.
(b) The muddy terrain.
(c) The overhead bombs.
(d) The stormy weather.

2. What is the name of the newspaper the Fascists drop?
(a) Ciao.
(b) Heraldo de Aragun.
(c) Independento.
(d) Heraldo de Catalon.

3. To what city has Orwell's wife moved?
(a) Lisbon.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Barcelona.
(d) Zaragoza.

4. Which country supplies arms to the Republicans?
(a) Britain.
(b) USSR.
(c) Germany.
(d) Italy.

5. What city does Orwell arrive in on April 26?
(a) Zaragoza.
(b) Madrid.
(c) Lisbon.
(d) Barcelona.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Orwell say he is surprised to feel when the Fascist infantry attacks?

2. What is on top of each hilltop?

3. What duty are the soldiers on the hilltop assigned?

4. What two languages can Kopp speak?

5. What does Orwell say was being systematically destroyed in Catalonia?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is POUM?

4. Describe the front lines near Zaragoza.

5. How did the Italian militiaman influence Orwell?

6. What flags do the different sides fly?

7. In what way do conditions become more tolerable in Chapter 8?

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

9. How do Orwell and his troops secure a trench area?

10. Describe the conditions in Huesca.

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