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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the sniper get shot?
(a) In his arm.
(b) In his hand.
(c) In his side.
(d) In his leg.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What bridge is near the sniper's position?

2. How does the reader know the sniper's age?

3. In order to fool his enemy, what does the sniper lift over the parapet?

4. What is the sniper eating?

5. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the sniper react to being shot?

2. What is the sniper drinking, and what evidence does the reader have that it is affecting his judgement?

3. What is the symbolic significance of the O'Connell Bridge and the River Liffey?

4. What causes the sniper to suddenly lose his enthusiasm for the battle?

5. In the sentence "Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof," (96), what is being personified and what purpose does the personification of the bullet serve?

6. What motivates the sniper to get himself back under control?

7. What striking contrast is there in the description that opens the story with the description that closes the first paragraph?

8. What happens as a result of the Republican sniper's ruse?

9. What are the two contrasting descriptions of the sniper given when he is first introduced?

10. When the reader first encounters the sniper, what is he doing, and why?

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