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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. 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) That the sniper has been assigned to a pointless task.
(d) How close the sniper is to his own home.

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

3. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?
(a) Passive voice.
(b) Honorific diction.
(c) Charged language.
(d) Parallelism.

4. What bridge is near the sniper's position?
(a) Nine Arches.
(b) O'Connell.
(c) Craigavon.
(d) Lifford.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sniper do when he realizes that his enemy is dead?

2. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?

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

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

5. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the sniper react to being shot?

6. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

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

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

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

10. Who is the protagonist of "The Sniper" and what is he fighting for?

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