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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How are the sniper's eyes described?
(a) Angry and eager.
(b) Intelligent and kind.
(c) Confused and frightened.
(d) Cold and fanatical.

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. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?
(a) Simile.
(b) Oxymoron.
(c) Onomatopoeia.
(d) Personification.

4. On the rooftop where the sniper is lying, there is a parapet. What is a parapet?
(a) An enclosed opening to the floor below.
(b) A low wall at the edge of the roof.
(c) A chimney.
(d) A stairwell.

5. The sniper's face is described as "ascetic" (96). What does this imply about the sniper?
(a) He does not have the same ability to empathize as most people do.
(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 has conflicting emotions about the act of killing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the protagonist expose his hand by draping it over the parapet?

2. Once his enemy has died, the sniper begins to "gibber" (98). What is he doing?

3. What finally changes the way that the sniper is feeling?

4. When the sniper turns over the body of his enemy, whom does he discover it to be?

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

(see the answer key)

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