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

2. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?
(a) He needs to risk it in order to get his gun.
(b) He is unaware that he has done so.
(c) To make it look like he has been shot.
(d) To show a white flag.

3. Why does the enemy sniper stand up and expose his position?
(a) He is startled by shooting in the street.
(b) He believes the protagonist to be dead.
(c) He believes that the protagonist will honor the white flag.
(d) He is ready to give up.

4. After he calms down, what does the sniper decide to do next?
(a) Get off the rooftop and check on the identity of his enemy.
(b) Rest for a few minutes before he tries to move.
(c) Get off the rooftop and report to his commander.
(d) Bandage his wound more carefully before he tries to move.

5. At what time of day does the story begin?
(a) Dusk.
(b) Midnight.
(c) Mid-afternoon.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Republicans want?

2. Once he is wounded, what makes it difficult for the sniper to achieve his goal?

3. Why does the sniper decide that it is safe to move from the rooftop?

4. The sniper's face is described as "ascetic" (96). What does this imply about the sniper?

5. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the sniper react to being shot?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What motivates the sniper to discover the identity of the dead man, and what is that identity?

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

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