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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can readers infer about the sniper's revolver?
(a) It is almost empty of ammunition.
(b) It is an unreliable weapon.
(c) It has fallen into a tricky spot.
(d) It is not intended for long-distance shooting.

2. Why does the sniper decide that it is safe to move from the rooftop?
(a) The battle seems to be over.
(b) He is very drunk.
(c) The streets immediately around him are quiet.
(d) The enemy sniper was the only serious danger to him.

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

4. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?
(a) Parallelism.
(b) Honorific diction.
(c) Passive voice.
(d) Charged language.

5. Where does the sniper get shot?
(a) In his side.
(b) In his hand.
(c) In his arm.
(d) In his leg.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote "The Sniper"?

2. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?

3. At the end of the story, the reader learns that the story has been taking place on the corner of what street?

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

5. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?

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