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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What causes the sniper to calm himself and get back to his job?

3. What do the Republicans want?

4. The sniper takes a "draught" (96) of his drink. What is a "draught" in this context?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. How does the sniper fool his enemy?

8. Describe the wound that the sniper suffers.

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the most reasonable explanation of the sniper's choice to light the cigarette that gives away his position? Provide textual evidence for your claim.

Essay Topic 2

Explain the symbolic significance of the sniper's bullet injury and his treatment of it. Be sure to use textual evidence to support your claim.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the symbolic value of the description of setting in the story's opening paragraph.

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