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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. How are the sniper's eyes described?
(a) Angry and eager.
(b) Confused and frightened.
(c) Intelligent and kind.
(d) Cold and fanatical.

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

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

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

5. What is the sniper eating?
(a) Cookies.
(b) Cold stew.
(c) A sandwich.
(d) An apple.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?

3. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?

4. What is the only description given of the old woman?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

3. 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?

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

5. What problem is created by the sniper's wound?

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

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

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

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

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

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