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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complicates the sniper's final shot?
(a) His confusion and fear.
(b) His hunger and fatigue.
(c) The glare and noise.
(d) The distance and his pain.

2. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?
(a) Reload his gun.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Talk to another soldier.
(d) Smoke.

3. What temporarily interferes with his vision and stops the sniper from seeing the results of his shot?
(a) Rain.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Tears.

4. What is the sniper eating?
(a) Cold stew.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) Cookies.
(d) An apple.

5. The description of the car "panting" (96) suggests what about the situation?
(a) The soldiers are exhausted.
(b) The technology they have available is primitive.
(c) The fighting is animalistic.
(d) The air is thick with smoke from the British artillery.

Short Answer Questions

1. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?

2. In what city does "The Sniper" take place?

3. Why does the sniper not immediately fire on the enemy car?

4. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?

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

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