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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What complicates the sniper's final shot?
(a) The distance and his pain.
(b) His hunger and fatigue.
(c) His confusion and fear.
(d) The glare and noise.

2. What is the first physical sensation the sniper feels in the place where he has been shot?
(a) A sharp shock.
(b) Warmth.
(c) Overwhelming pain.
(d) Numbness, or absence.

3. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?
(a) Talk to another soldier.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Reload his gun.

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

5. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?
(a) Ireland.
(b) Broken.
(c) Dead.
(d) Bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the sniper not immediately fire on the enemy car?

2. Toward the end of the story, the sniper feels "remorse" (98). What is he feeling?

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

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

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

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