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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the sniper eating?
(a) He was too excited to eat earlier.
(b) He just remembered that he should.
(c) Another soldier has just brought him food.
(d) He has been too busy until now.

2. How are the sniper's eyes described?
(a) Confused and frightened.
(b) Intelligent and kind.
(c) Angry and eager.
(d) Cold and fanatical.

3. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?
(a) He is shot at.
(b) He sets off a bomb.
(c) Nothing: he gets away with it.
(d) He has to kill another civilian.

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

5. How does the reader know the sniper's age?
(a) From the description of the objects he has with him.
(b) From the description of his face.
(c) From the description of his eyes.
(d) From the report of his thoughts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?

2. What do the Free Staters want?

3. What does the sniper do when he realizes that his enemy is dead?

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

5. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?

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