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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?
(a) The death of the enemy sniper.
(b) Being shot.
(c) The death of the turret gunner.
(d) The sounds of the battle beginning to fade.

2. Where does the sniper think that he might know his enemy from?
(a) He thinks it is possible that they served together in the same unit of the army.
(b) He is beginning to suspect that the dead sniper is his brother.
(c) He thinks that they may have gone to school together.
(d) He has suddenly realized that the man might be on the Republican side.

3. At what time of day does the story begin?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

4. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?
(a) Boredom.
(b) Regret.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Fury.

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

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

7. Who wrote "The Sniper"?
(a) Patrick O'Flaherty.
(b) Liam O'Flaherty.
(c) Liam O'Connell.
(d) Patrick O'Connell.

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

9. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?
(a) A small sip.
(b) A large swallow.
(c) A deep sniff.
(d) A British measure.

10. What does the sniper drop to the ground?
(a) His rifle.
(b) His revolver.
(c) His field glasses.
(d) His jacket.

11. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?
(a) Honorific diction.
(b) Charged language.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Passive voice.

12. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Anger.
(c) Fear.
(d) Eagerness.

13. The description of the car "panting" (96) suggests what about the situation?
(a) The fighting is animalistic.
(b) The soldiers are exhausted.
(c) The technology they have available is primitive.
(d) The air is thick with smoke from the British artillery.

14. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?
(a) Pace back and forth.
(b) Weep.
(c) Clutch at his face and head.
(d) Speak rapid nonsense.

15. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Dead.
(d) Broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. After he calms down, what does the sniper decide to do next?

2. After he is wounded, the sniper feels a "paroxysm" of pain. What kind of pain is he feeling?

3. What temporarily interferes with his vision and stops the sniper from seeing the results of his shot?

4. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?

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

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