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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the enemy sniper located?
(a) In an armored car.
(b) On the rooftop across the street.
(c) In an alley next to the building the protagonist is on.
(d) On the same rooftop as the protagonist.

2. After he calms down, what does the sniper decide to do next?
(a) Get off the rooftop and check on the identity of his enemy.
(b) Bandage his wound more carefully before he tries to move.
(c) Get off the rooftop and report to his commander.
(d) Rest for a few minutes before he tries to move.

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

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

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) Onomatopoeia.
(b) Personification.
(c) Simile.
(d) Oxymoron.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the enemy sniper respond to the protagonist's ruse?

2. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?

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

4. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?

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

(see the answer key)

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