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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 knows that the street may be mined.
(b) He has to pass by a group of civilians.
(c) The body is in the opposite direction from his route back to his commander.
(d) He crosses the street.

2. What do the Free Staters want?
(a) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.
(b) A united Ireland under British rule.
(c) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(d) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.

3. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?
(a) To make it look like he has been shot.
(b) He needs to risk it in order to get his gun.
(c) He is unaware that he has done so.
(d) To show a white flag.

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

5. What do the Republicans want?
(a) A united Ireland under British rule.
(b) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(c) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.
(d) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What temporarily interferes with his vision and stops the sniper from seeing the results of his shot?

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

3. Where does the sniper get shot?

4. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?

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

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