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The Sniper - By Liam O Flaherty .pdf What is the basic situation in this story?

Question 1 options:

It’s been a long day of personal crime and violence in the city.

There has been intense fighting and unrest within a country.

There is a large-scale war happening between nations.

Two brothers are settling a long standing family feud.

Which of the following options best describes the main conflict of the story?

Question 2 options:

person vs. nature

person vs. person

person vs. society

person vs. supernatural

In the following passage, what choice does the author make in order to build suspense?

Question 3 options:

He makes the car bullet proof.

He sets up contrast with the word “opposites”.

He uses the phrase “dull panting of the motor”.

He writes short sentences

Which quote from the story communicates the most significant details about the setting of the story?

Question 4 options:

“Dublin lay enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon …”

“On a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching.”

“Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war.”

“The long June twilight faded into night.”

Which words best describe the kind of person that the main character is?

Question 5 options:

afraid and alone

angry and hungry

lonely and worried

resourceful and smart

Which quote from the text best supports the answer to the previous question?

Question 6 options:

“His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic.”

“He rolled over the roof to a chimney stack in the rear, and slowly drew himself up behind it, until his eyes were level with the top of the parapet.”

“Taking off his cap, he placed it over the muzzle of his rifle. Then he pushed the rifle slowly upward over the parapet, until the cap was visible from the opposite side of the street.”

“Then he lay still against the parapet, and, closing his eyes, he made an effort of will to overcome the pain.”

The author includes these details in order to emphasize that the sniper is .

Question 7 options:

desperate to survive the situation

quick to react with violence

well trained and highly skilled

young and inexperienced

What does this passage foreshadow for the reader?

Question 8 options:

the death of the sniper himself

the likelihood of a sequel to the story

the long future recovery to come from this incident

the unexpected final line of the story

Which word best describes the mood of this story?

Question 9 options:

comfortable

dignified

reflective

tense

Which sentence from the story supports the answer to the above question?

Question 10 options:

“He placed the cotton wadding over the wound and wrapped the dressing over it.”

“He was eating a sandwich hungrily.”

“Then when the smoke cleared, he peered across and uttered a cry of joy.”

“There was a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head.”

What is the meaning of the word lodged as it is used in this passage?

“There was a small hole where the bullet had entered. On the other side there was no hole. The bullet had lodged in the bone.”

Question 11 options:

Flattened by wind or rain

Make or become firmly fixed or embedded in a particular place

Present something formally to the proper authorities

Stay or sleep in another person’s house

The unexpected twist at the end of the story is an example of ___ irony.

Question 14 options:

abrupt

dramatic

situational

verbal

Which of the following sentences captures a theme of the story (an observation or even a criticism that the author is making about people or society)?

Question 15 options:

Brothers shouldn’t fight against each other in a war.

People need to find peaceful ways to resolve their conflicts.

Soldiers sometimes regret the results of their actions in war.

War is an unnecessary and evil part of life.

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