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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?
(a) He needs to report to his field commander.
(b) He needs medical attention.
(c) He needs to find and kill the old woman.
(d) He needs to get off the roof before dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?

2. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?

3. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?

4. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?

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

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