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

2. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?
(a) Loudly.
(b) With a deep reverberating sound.
(c) In brief bursts with no regular pattern.
(d) Continuously.

3. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?
(a) Regret.
(b) Fury.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Boredom.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of the story, the reader learns that the story has been taking place on the corner of what street?

3. Who wrote "The Sniper"?

4. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?

5. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the sniper fool his enemy?

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

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

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

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

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

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