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

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

3. In what city does "The Sniper" take place?
(a) Dublin.
(b) Belfast.
(c) Galway.
(d) Cork.

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

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 has suddenly realized that the man might be on the Republican side.
(c) He thinks it is possible that they served together in the same unit of the army.
(d) He thinks that they may have gone to school together.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?

3. Why is the sniper eating?

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

5. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?

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