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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "The Sniper".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is the risk that the sniper takes in order to check out his dead enemy's identity?
(a) The body is in the opposite direction from his route back to his commander.
(b) He has to pass by a group of civilians.
(c) He knows that the street may be mined.
(d) He crosses the street.
2. Why does the sniper not immediately fire on the enemy car?
(a) He is not sure which side the car belongs to, at first.
(b) He does not want to give away his position.
(c) There is a civilian in his line of fire.
(d) He does not have a weapon that will penetrate its armor.
3. How many people does the sniper kill before he can get a clear shot at the enemy sniper?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 0.
4. As a result of taking a risk in order to see his dead enemy's body, what happens to the sniper?
(a) He sets off a bomb.
(b) He is shot at.
(c) He has to kill another civilian.
(d) Nothing: he gets away with it.
5. The name of the street gives the reader what important piece of information?
(a) How close the sniper is to his own home.
(b) How close the sniper is to the heart of the battle.
(c) That the sniper has mistakenly positioned himself in enemy territory.
(d) That the sniper has been assigned to a pointless task.
Short Answer Questions
1. What nearby area of the city is under heavy fire?
2. What do the Republicans want?
3. Where does the sniper think that he might know his enemy from?
4. In the context in which it is used in "The Sniper," how is "draught" (96) pronounced?
5. The description of the car "panting" (96) suggests what about the situation?
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