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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. Once he is wounded, what is the sniper's first priority?
(a) He needs medical attention.
(b) He needs to report to his field commander.
(c) He needs to get off the roof before dawn.
(d) He needs to find and kill the old woman.

2. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?
(a) His commander.
(b) His own brother.
(c) His priest.
(d) A total stranger.

3. How does the enemy sniper respond to the protagonist's ruse?
(a) He yells something at the protagonist.
(b) He shoots.
(c) He surrenders.
(d) He drops his rifle.

4. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?
(a) Clutch at his face and head.
(b) Speak rapid nonsense.
(c) Pace back and forth.
(d) Weep.

5. Where is the enemy sniper located?
(a) On the rooftop across the street.
(b) On the same rooftop as the protagonist.
(c) In an armored car.
(d) In an alley next to the building the protagonist is on.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?

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

3. When the enemy sniper is "silhouetted" (98), what is true?

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

5. In the opening of the story, machine guns fire "spasmodically." How are they firing?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does the sniper react to being shot?

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

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

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

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

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

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