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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 eating?
(a) Cold stew.
(b) A sandwich.
(c) An apple.
(d) Cookies.

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

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

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

5. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Dead.
(d) Broken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does the sniper get shot?

3. Once he is wounded, what makes it difficult for the sniper to achieve his goal?

4. What does the sniper drop to the ground?

5. What can readers infer about the sniper's revolver?

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