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

2. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?
(a) A total stranger.
(b) His priest.
(c) His commander.
(d) His own brother.

3. How does the reader know the sniper's age?
(a) From the description of the objects he has with him.
(b) From the description of his eyes.
(c) From the description of his face.
(d) From the report of his thoughts.

4. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?
(a) An enclosed opening to the floor below.
(b) A low wall at the edge of the roof.
(c) A stairwell.
(d) A chimney.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?

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

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

4. What do the Republicans want?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the sniper react to being shot?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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