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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the enemy sniper located?
(a) On the same rooftop as the protagonist.
(b) In an alley next to the building the protagonist is on.
(c) On the rooftop across the street.
(d) In an armored car.

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

3. Who wrote "The Sniper"?
(a) Patrick O'Connell.
(b) Liam O'Connell.
(c) Patrick O'Flaherty.
(d) Liam O'Flaherty.

4. At what time of day does the story begin?
(a) Mid-afternoon.
(b) Dusk.
(c) Dawn.
(d) Midnight.

5. What nearby area of the city is under heavy fire?
(a) Donnybrook
(b) The Four Courts.
(c) Christchurch.
(d) Drumcondra

Short Answer Questions

1. What can readers infer about the sniper's revolver?

2. What does the sniper take a risk to do after he finishes eating?

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

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

5. The narrator says that the sniper can hear the "dull panting" (96) of the enemy armored car. This is an example of which technique?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the sentence "Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof," (96), what is being personified and what purpose does the personification of the bullet serve?

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

3. What is the setting of "The Sniper"?

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

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

6. What happens as a result of the Republican sniper's ruse?

7. How does the sniper react to being shot?

8. What is the symbolic significance of the O'Connell Bridge and the River Liffey?

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

10. Who are the Republicans at war with, and what does this opposition believe?

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