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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?
(a) Allusion.
(b) Personification.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Oxymoron.

3. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?
(a) By the ladder he has with him.
(b) Via a set of fire stairs.
(c) Through a skylight.
(d) By jumping to a lower building.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?

2. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?

3. What is the risk that the sniper takes in order to check out his dead enemy's identity?

4. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?

5. What is the only description given of the old woman?

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