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

2. Why does the enemy sniper stand up and expose his position?
(a) He is startled by shooting in the street.
(b) He believes the protagonist to be dead.
(c) He is ready to give up.
(d) He believes that the protagonist will honor the white flag.

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

4. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?
(a) A sharp shock.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Numbness, or absence.
(d) Overwhelming pain.

5. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Simile.
(d) Onomatopoeia.

Short Answer Questions

1. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?

2. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?

3. Who wrote "The Sniper"?

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

5. Where is the enemy sniper located?

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