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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 sniper drinking?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Tea.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) Milk.

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

3. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?
(a) It rhymes with "taught."
(b) It rhymes with "out."
(c) It rhymes with "raft."
(d) It rhymes with "rocked."

4. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?
(a) In brief bursts with no regular pattern.
(b) Loudly.
(c) Continuously.
(d) With a deep reverberating sound.

5. Where does the sniper think that he might know his enemy from?
(a) He is beginning to suspect that the dead sniper is his brother.
(b) He thinks that they may have gone to school together.
(c) He has suddenly realized that the man might be on the Republican side.
(d) He thinks it is possible that they served together in the same unit of the army.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?

3. After he is wounded, the sniper feels a "paroxysm" of pain. What kind of pain is he feeling?

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

5. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?

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