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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?
(a) How close the sniper is to his own home.
(b) That the sniper has mistakenly positioned himself in enemy territory.
(c) That the sniper has been assigned to a pointless task.
(d) How close the sniper is to the heart of the battle.

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

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

5. What temporarily interferes with his vision and stops the sniper from seeing the results of his shot?
(a) Tears.
(b) Rain.
(c) Sweat.
(d) Smoke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only description given of the old woman?

2. What do the Free Staters want?

3. Where does the sniper get shot?

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

5. What do the Republicans want?

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