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

2. Who wrote "The Sniper"?
(a) Liam O'Connell.
(b) Liam O'Flaherty.
(c) Patrick O'Flaherty.
(d) Patrick O'Connell.

3. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?
(a) How close the sniper is to the heart of the battle.
(b) That the sniper has been assigned to a pointless task.
(c) How close the sniper is to his own home.
(d) That the sniper has mistakenly positioned himself in enemy territory.

4. Why is the sniper eating?
(a) He was too excited to eat earlier.
(b) He has been too busy until now.
(c) He just remembered that he should.
(d) Another soldier has just brought him food.

5. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?
(a) He is shot at.
(b) He sets off a bomb.
(c) Nothing: he gets away with it.
(d) He has to kill another civilian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bridge is near the sniper's position?

2. What is the sniper drinking?

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

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

5. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?

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