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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many people does the sniper kill before he can get a clear shot at the enemy sniper?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

2. 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 knows that the street may be mined.
(c) He has to pass by a group of civilians.
(d) He crosses the street.

3. "His enemy had been hit" (98) is an example of what technique?
(a) Honorific diction.
(b) Passive voice.
(c) Parallelism.
(d) Charged language.

4. What do the Free Staters want?
(a) A divided Ireland, one part ruled by Ireland, one part ruled by Britain.
(b) A united Ireland under joint rule between the British and the Irish.
(c) A united Ireland under Irish rule.
(d) A united Ireland under British rule.

5. Why is the sniper eating?
(a) He has been too busy until now.
(b) He was too excited to eat earlier.
(c) Another soldier has just brought him food.
(d) He just remembered that he should.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the only description given of the old woman?

2. What bridge is near the sniper's position?

3. What word (or a variation of it) is repeated several times after the sniper is shot?

4. What do the Republicans want?

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

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