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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bridge is near the sniper's position?
(a) O'Connell.
(b) Craigavon.
(c) Nine Arches.
(d) Lifford.

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 sees that the sun is nearly up.
(c) He is nearly hit by his own bullet.
(d) He realizes that he needs medical attention.

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

5. 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 stairwell.
(c) A chimney.
(d) A low wall at the edge of the roof.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the Republicans want?

3. What complicates the sniper's final shot?

4. Who wrote "The Sniper"?

5. When the enemy sniper is "silhouetted" (98), what is true?

(see the answer key)

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