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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the only description given of the old woman?
(a) She walks very slowly.
(b) Her dress looks like it is brand new.
(c) Her head is covered in an old shawl.
(d) She has a thin smile.

2. Why does the enemy sniper stand up and expose his position?
(a) He believes the protagonist to be dead.
(b) He is ready to give up.
(c) He is startled by shooting in the street.
(d) He believes that the protagonist will honor the white flag.

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

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

5. 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.

6. 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 has suddenly realized that the man might be on the Republican side.
(d) He thinks that they may have gone to school together.

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

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

9. What river is near the sniper's position?
(a) The Corrib.
(b) The Shannon.
(c) The Thames.
(d) The Liffey.

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

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

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

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

14. 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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?

3. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?

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

5. Once he is wounded, what makes it difficult for the sniper to achieve his goal?

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