"The Old Man at the Bridge"

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What the old man was wearing on his face that showed he might not be a peasant?

steel rimmed glasses

Why the old man was the last one to leave,"I stayed you see,_______"?

taking care of the animals

How long was Fransisco Franco in power for?

40 years

The old man's age?

76 years old

Where does the story take place?

Barcelona during the Spanish Civil War

What newspaper did Martha Gellhorn work for?

Collier's Weekly

The holiday that was being celebrated was?

Easter Sunday

The author of the story? (Old Man at the Bridge)

Ernest Hemingway

The point of view the story is told in

First Person

The commander who was the commander in chief in charge of the enemy forces? He was in power from 1939-1975

Francisco Franco

The author's colleague during the war who he later married?

Martha Gellhorn

The type of floating bridge that the people were crossing?

Pontoon

The old man's native town?

San Carlos

The country where the story is set?

Spain

The conflict which is happening during the story

Spanish Civil War

What was the newspaper that Ernest Hemingway worked on during the war?

The New York Times

What is the irony of the holiday being celebrated and the plight of the old man?

The holiday resembles resurrection and being alive, but the old man is old and will die, so they are the opposite.

Where the fork in the road goes and where the trucks are headed?

Tortosa/Barcelona

How far the old man has come?

Twelve kilometers

It was a gray overcast day with a low ceiling so their planes were not up, what type of figurative language is this?

a metaphor

Why the man had to leave his animals; because of the....?

artillery

The only animal that the old man did not worry about and why.

cat/look out for itself

How the narrator describes the man's black clothes and his face?

dusty

The delta of this river is where the enemy forces are advancing on?

ebro

a word or phrase that is more polite or nicer way of saying something painful or insulting

euphemism

An authoritarian, nationalist leader; a dictator or a....?

fascist

The enemy faction (troops) that were advancing on the city?

fascists

"That and the fact that cats know how to look after themselves was all the ___ that the old man would ever have."

goodluck

Why did the narrator know that the old man was not a shepherd or a herdsman?

he was dressed in black and he he wore steel rimmed glasses

(on the road the bridge leads to) "I know ____ in that direction" he said

no one

Talking about his native town gave the old man pride and...?

pleasure

Trudged or treaded wearily

plodded

"I am without____(unbiased/neutral)"

politics

The narrator's business; he was a______ or a spy?

scout

The mule drawn carts (walked steadily) up the steep bank from the bridge with soldiers helping push against the spokes of the wheels.

staggered

Two synonyms for the word plodded

trudge and shuffle

"There is no need to be____(uneasy/nervous) about the cat. But the others. Now what do you think about the others?"

unquiet

What does unquiet mean?

worried or concerned


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