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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 does Orwell say the Popular Army is forcing people to do?
(a) Give up their possessions.
(b) Sell their children.
(c) Join the military.
(d) Give up their houses.

2. What kind of gun strikes down Orwell?
(a) A sniper.
(b) A pistol.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A machine gun.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Orwell have to stay to avoid the police?

3. What do Orwell and a few others volunteer as at the POUM headquarters?

4. What group is Bob Smilie a part of?

5. What is the name of the small political organization which publishes a radical leaflet calling for sustained revolution?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Republican government stand for?

2. Why is Kopp getting no help from the Belgian government?

3. How does Orwell get back to Barcelona?

4. How does Orwell hide from the police?

5. What proof does Orwell provide to show POUM was not a Fascist organization?

6. Why are snipers a problem in Chapter 12?

7. Why does fighting break out in Barcelona at the beginning of Chapter 10?

8. What is the Sanatorium Maurin?

9. Why was the working class in Barcelona becoming increasingly resentful?

10. How are POUM members having problems in Chapter 13?

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