reading comprehension
where did the short story take place?
a. Dublin Ireland
b. Iceland
c. Greenland
d. New York city
a. Dublin Ireland
who is the dead man the sniper discovers?
a. his father
b. his uncle
c. his son
d. his brother
d. his brother
the sniper flips the enemy sniper over to discover it was his brother?
a. falling action
b. resolution
c. climax
d. raising action
c. climax
he became bitten by remorse?
a. personification
b. similie
c. idiom
d. metaphor
a. personification
the republican sniper fasing off against the free stater sniper is an example of what type of conflict?
a. person vs person
b. person vs self
c. person vs nature
d. person vs society
a. person vs person
second weapon of choice?
a. sniper
b. Akm
c. pistol
d. Dp
c. Pistol
what alerts the enemy to the presence of the sniper?
a. he coughs
b. he trips
c. he sneezes
d. the glow of his cigarette
d. the glow of his cigarette
he shoots two people, gets shot at, plays a trick on the enemy sniper?
a. rising action
b. climax
c. resolution
d. falling action
a. rising action
the sniper could hear the dull peanting of the armored car's motor?
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. onomotopia
b. metaphor
the republican sniper sniper debating over whether or not to light up a cigarette?
a. person vs person
b. person vs self
c. person vs nature
d. person vs society
this was used to cover the muzzle of his rifle while trying to fool the enemy sniper?
a. his cap
b. his clothes
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
a. his cap
where does the sniper shot?
a. foot
b. arm
c. leg
d. head
b. arm
the opening in which we read the description of the sniper, and a little bit more about the war?
a. climax
b. exposition
c. rising action
d.falling action
b. exposition
he was slowly falling forward as if in a dream?
a. metaphor
b. simile
c. personification
d. metaphor
d. metaphor
give an example of person vs enviroment conflict?
a. the republican sniper deabting over whether or not to light up a cigarette
b. the republican sniper being binned down parapet by the enemy sniper
c. both a and b
d. none of the above
b. the republican sniper being binned down parapet by the enemy sniper
who was the person who got shot because they were believed to be informant?
a. the old man
b. the old women
c. the boy
d. none of the above
b. the old women
how does the sniper fool the enemy into thinking he is dead
a. he doesnt have to fool him, the sniper is dead
b. lying motionless
c. draping himself over the side of the building
d. letting his hand go limp and dropping his rifle over the edge
d. letting his hand go limp and dropping his rifle over the edge
which of these examples is intiating event?
a. he shot the old women
b. he got shot in his arms
c. he lit his cigarette
c. he got shot in his arms
the sweat stood out in beds on his forhead?
a. idiom
b. simile
c. personification
d. metaphor
d. metaphor
the republican sniper his revolver away because he is sick of the fighting could be an example?
a. person vs society
b. person vs self
c. person vs fate
d. person vs person
c. person vs fate
these groups waged battle against one another?
a. Dominacans and Free skaters
b. Republicans and Free skaters
c. Free skaters
d. all pf the above
b. Republicans and Free skaters
the main character is fighting against what country?
a. Britain
b. Ireland
c. South Africa
d. United states
b. Ireland
this element of the story describes the result of the sniper killing the old women?
a. irony
b. situational irony
c. verbal irony
d. dramatic irony
a. irony
the revolver went off with a concusion and the bullet whizzed passed the snipers?
a. onomotopia
b. simile
c. imagery
d. metaphor
a. onomotopia
the irish was for independence was fought primarly between what two religious groups?
a. catholic vs protestince
b. person vs fate
c. person vs person
d. person vs nature
a. catholic vs protestince