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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?
(a) Overwhelming pain.
(b) Numbness, or absence.
(c) A sharp shock.
(d) Warmth.

2. What is the risk that the sniper takes in order to check out his dead enemy's identity?
(a) The body is in the opposite direction from his route back to his commander.
(b) He knows that the street may be mined.
(c) He crosses the street.
(d) He has to pass by a group of civilians.

3. How does the enemy sniper respond to the protagonist's ruse?
(a) He drops his rifle.
(b) He surrenders.
(c) He yells something at the protagonist.
(d) He shoots.

4. When the enemy sniper is "silhouetted" (98), what is true?
(a) He is surrounded by a halo of light.
(b) He is a dark shape against the sky.
(c) He is flattened up against a solid object.
(d) He is too tired to stand.

5. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?
(a) He realizes that he needs medical attention.
(b) He remembers the cause he is fighting for.
(c) He sees that the sun is nearly up.
(d) He is nearly hit by his own bullet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the sniper eating?

2. What does the sniper do when he realizes that his enemy is dead?

3. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?

4. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?

5. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?

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