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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 sniper's face is described as "ascetic" (96). What does this imply about the sniper?
(a) He is able to discipline himself and sacrifice for his beliefs.
(b) He has conflicting emotions about the act of killing.
(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.

2. Where does the sniper think that he might know his enemy from?
(a) He is beginning to suspect that the dead sniper is his brother.
(b) He thinks it is possible that they served together in the same unit of the army.
(c) He thinks that they may have gone to school together.
(d) He has suddenly realized that the man might be on the Republican side.

3. How does the sniper get off of the rooftop?
(a) By jumping to a lower building.
(b) Through a skylight.
(c) Via a set of fire stairs.
(d) By the ladder he has with him.

4. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?
(a) He is shot at.
(b) Nothing: he gets away with it.
(c) He sets off a bomb.
(d) He has to kill another civilian.

5. When the enemy sniper is "silhouetted" (98), what is true?
(a) He is too tired to stand.
(b) He is flattened up against a solid object.
(c) He is surrounded by a halo of light.
(d) He is a dark shape against the sky.

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. When he finally gets a clear shot at his enemy, what is the protagonist feeling?

4. In what city does "The Sniper" take place?

5. How many people does the sniper kill before he can get a clear shot at the enemy sniper?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the sniper fool his enemy?

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

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

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

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

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

7. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

8. What causes the sniper to suddenly lose his enthusiasm for the battle?

9. 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?

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

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