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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 organization announces McNair's arrest while he is in France?
(a) A news program.
(b) A poster.
(c) A radio show.
(d) A newspaper.

2. What does the Spanish government order everyone to surrender?
(a) Privately owned weapons.
(b) Privately owned land.
(c) Privately owned businesses.
(d) Privately owned vehicles.

3. Where will Orwell be fighting if he is transferred to the International Column?
(a) Barcelona.
(b) Mallorca.
(c) Zaragoza.
(d) Madrid.

4. What rank is Orwell promoted to in Chapter 12?
(a) 2nd Lieutenant.
(b) 1st Lieutenant.
(c) General.
(d) Colonel.

5. Why does Orwell decide to stop trying to help Kopp?
(a) He does not want to put his wife in danger.
(b) He wants to go back to England.
(c) He learns Kopp is untrustworthy.
(d) He is likely to be arrested.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of organization does POUM label PSUC?

2. Who is the PSUC trying to disarm?

3. What kind of fighting does Kopp tell his men they have been ordered to engage in?

4. What political leader does Orwell want Spain to reject?

5. For which of the POUM members has the government issued a warrant?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Republican government stand for?

2. How does Orwell hide from the police?

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

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

5. How does Orwell get his wound examined?

6. What act of bravery does Kopp perform in Chapter 10?

7. How do the government troops defuse the situation in Barcelona?

8. Why did the government say POUM was a Fascist subversive element?

9. What trouble is brewing in Barcelona?

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

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