"The Sniper" by Liam O'Flaherty

What was the setting of the story?

• Dublin during the Irish Civil War

• New York during the Great Depression

• Paris during WWII

• Dublin during WWI

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What was the Republican sniper doing at the start of the story?

• reading a book

• taking a nap

• observing his enemy with binoculars

• writing a letter to his family

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What did the sniper do that caused him to be shot?

• lit a cigarette

• tried to surrender

• tried to help an old woman in the street who'd been shot

• tried to signal to another solider on a different rooftop

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Why did the Republican sniper have to pretend to be dead?

• to avoid being taken prisoner

• because his arm was injured and he could only use his revolver so he had to draw out his enemy

• because he no longer wanted to fight in the war

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How did the sniper plan to escape the rooftop?

• kill the enemy sniper with his revolver

• use the armored car to distract the sniper

• kill an innocent person to distract the sniper

• climb down the drainpipe to the street

"His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. They were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death." How is the sniper characterized?

• hardened to violence and dedicated to his cause

• not interested in war anymore

• young and innocent

• too sensitive to stomach the violence of war

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Which of these is the resolution to the story?

• The sniper decides to leave the war

• The sniper kills his enemy and gets off the roof

• The sniper sees that he has killed his own brother

• The sniper kills an innocent person in the crossfire and feels sadness for the first time in the war

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"[His enemy] was reeling over the parapet in his death agony. He struggled to keep his feet, but he was slowing falling forward as if in a dream. The rifle fell from his grasp, hit the parapet, fell over, bounded off the pole of a barber's shop beneath and then clattered on the pavement." What purpose does this passage most serve?

• It creates a lot of imagery so the reader can picture what war is like.

• It seems to slow down the death of the enemy sniper, to emphasize its impact on the protagonist

• It creates a cliffhanger where the reader is unsure what will happen next.

• It foreshadows the end of the story where the protagonist will experience something similar.

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What is the story's point of view?

• First person

• Third omniscient

• Third limited to the Republican Sniper

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How might the protagonist be changed by the end of the story?

• He is completely detached from any killing around him and feels nothing

• He has lost his dedication to war by realizing the loss of human life

• He is even more dedicated to his cause and will continue to fight in the war until his side wins

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