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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 does the sniper do when he realizes that the old woman is an informant?
(a) Shoots and kills her.
(b) Moves his position.
(c) Curses her.
(d) Writes down her name to give to his field commander.

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

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

4. In order to fool his enemy, what does the sniper lift over the parapet?
(a) His hat.
(b) His head.
(c) His rifle.
(d) His jacket.

5. The sniper's face is described as "ascetic" (96). What does this imply about the sniper?
(a) He has conflicting emotions about the act of killing.
(b) He is able to discipline himself and sacrifice for his beliefs.
(c) He is not fully aware of the damage that the war will do.
(d) He does not have the same ability to empathize as most people do.

Short Answer Questions

1. The description of the car "panting" (96) suggests what about the situation?

2. What does the sniper drop to the ground?

3. What do the Republicans want?

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

5. How does the enemy sniper respond to the protagonist's ruse?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

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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