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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 word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Dead.
(d) Broken.

2. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?
(a) Being shot.
(b) The death of the turret gunner.
(c) The sounds of the battle beginning to fade.
(d) The death of the enemy sniper.

3. Why does the enemy sniper stand up and expose his position?
(a) He is startled by shooting in the street.
(b) He believes the protagonist to be dead.
(c) He believes that the protagonist will honor the white flag.
(d) He is ready to give up.

4. How many people does the sniper kill before he can get a clear shot at the enemy sniper?
(a) 0.
(b) 1.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

5. What does the sniper do when he realizes that the old woman is an informant?
(a) Curses her.
(b) Shoots and kills her.
(c) Writes down her name to give to his field commander.
(d) Moves his position.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the enemy sniper respond to the protagonist's ruse?

2. Where does the sniper get shot?

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

4. How does the reader know the sniper's age?

5. What river is near the sniper's position?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the enemy sniper manage to shoot the protagonist?

2. What is the symbolic significance of the O'Connell Bridge and the River Liffey?

3. What are the two contrasting descriptions of the sniper given when he is first introduced?

4. In the sentence "Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof," (96), what is being personified and what purpose does the personification of the bullet serve?

5. Who is the protagonist of "The Sniper" and what is he fighting for?

6. What happens as a result of the Republican sniper's ruse?

7. What motivates the sniper to get himself back under control?

8. Who are the Republicans at war with, and what does this opposition believe?

9. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

10. What problem is created by the sniper's wound?

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