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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where is the enemy sniper located?
(a) In an armored car.
(b) On the same rooftop as the protagonist.
(c) In an alley next to the building the protagonist is on.
(d) On the rooftop across the street.

3. In his distress, what does the sniper do with his revolver?
(a) Shoots wildly with no clear target.
(b) Aims it at his own head.
(c) Throws it down onto the rooftop.
(d) Shoots his enemy's body a second time.

4. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?
(a) He realizes that he needs medical attention.
(b) He is nearly hit by his own bullet.
(c) He remembers the cause he is fighting for.
(d) He sees that the sun is nearly up.

5. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Reload his gun.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Talk to another soldier.

6. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?
(a) Via a set of fire stairs.
(b) By jumping to a lower building.
(c) By the ladder he has with him.
(d) Through a skylight.

7. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?
(a) Overwhelming pain.
(b) A sharp shock.
(c) Warmth.
(d) Numbness, or absence.

8. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?
(a) He needs to find and kill the old woman.
(b) He needs medical attention.
(c) He needs to get off the roof before dawn.
(d) He needs to report to his field commander.

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

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

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

12. What does the sniper do when he realizes that the old woman is an informant?
(a) Moves his position.
(b) Shoots and kills her.
(c) Writes down her name to give to his field commander.
(d) Curses her.

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

14. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?
(a) It rhymes with "rocked."
(b) It rhymes with "taught."
(c) It rhymes with "raft."
(d) It rhymes with "out."

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The conflicting descriptions of the sniper that make him sound both young and mature are an example of what technique?

3. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?

4. What is the source of the sniper's respect for his fallen enemy?

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

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