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

2. At the end of the story, the reader learns that the story has been taking place on the corner of what street?
(a) O'Connell.
(b) Donnybrook.
(c) Lifford.
(d) Christchurch.

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

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

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) That the sniper has mistakenly positioned himself in enemy territory.
(c) How close the sniper is to his own home.
(d) That the sniper has been assigned to a pointless task.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?

3. What complicates the sniper's final shot?

4. Where does the sniper get shot?

5. What do the Republicans want?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

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

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

6. What risk does the sniper take at the beginning of the story, and what are the consequences?

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

8. How does the sniper react to being shot?

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

10. Who does the sniper kill while he is still waiting to kill the enemy sniper, and why does he kill them?

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