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

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

3. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?
(a) Nothing: he gets away with it.
(b) He has to kill another civilian.
(c) He sets off a bomb.
(d) He is shot at.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In his distress, what does the sniper do with his revolver?

2. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?

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

4. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who are the Republicans at war with, and what does this opposition believe?

4. How does the enemy sniper manage to shoot the protagonist?

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

6. How does the sniper react to being shot?

7. Who is the protagonist of "The Sniper" and what is he fighting for?

8. What is the setting of "The Sniper"?

9. How does the sniper fool his enemy?

10. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

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