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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?
(a) An enclosed opening to the floor below.
(b) A low wall at the edge of the roof.
(c) A stairwell.
(d) A chimney.

2. What do the Republicans want?
(a) A united Ireland under British rule.
(b) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(c) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.
(d) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.

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

4. When the enemy sniper is "silhouetted" (98), what is true?
(a) He is flattened up against a solid object.
(b) He is a dark shape against the sky.
(c) He is too tired to stand.
(d) He is surrounded by a halo of light.

5. 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) He is very drunk.
(c) The battle seems to be over.
(d) The streets immediately around him are quiet.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time of day does the story begin?

2. What does the sniper drop to the ground?

3. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?

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

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

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