View a FREE sample

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 soldiers are exhausted.
(b) The air is thick with smoke from the British artillery.
(c) The technology they have available is primitive.
(d) The fighting is animalistic.

2. What complicates the sniper's final shot?
(a) His confusion and fear.
(b) The distance and his pain.
(c) His hunger and fatigue.
(d) The glare and noise.

3. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?
(a) He remembers the cause he is fighting for.
(b) He realizes that he needs medical attention.
(c) He is nearly hit by his own bullet.
(d) He sees that the sun is nearly up.

4. At what time of day does the story begin?
(a) Midnight.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Dusk.

5. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?
(a) Personification.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Paradox.
(d) Allusion.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What temporarily interferes with his vision and stops the sniper from seeing the results of his shot?

3. Why does the sniper decide that it is safe to move from the rooftop?

4. What is the risk that the sniper takes in order to check out his dead enemy's identity?

5. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 320 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample