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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. 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.

5. After he is wounded, the sniper feels a "paroxysm" of pain. What kind of pain is he feeling?
(a) Sudden and violent.
(b) Mild but bothersome.
(c) Creeping and throbbing.
(d) Gradually easing.

Short Answer Questions

1. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?

2. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?

3. In order to fool his enemy, what does the sniper lift over the parapet?

4. What is the sniper eating?

5. Why does the sniper not immediately fire on the enemy car?

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