Vocabulary 1
What is a ruse?
A. a trick
B. to become embedded or stuck
C. surrounded or besieged
A. a trick
What vocabulary word means severe or stern?
A. Fanatic
B. Ascetic
C. Ruse
Ascetic
Which of the following is an internal conflict?
A. the sniper straining his eyes against the darkness trying to spot his enemy
B. main character's desire to find out his victim's identity even though it is risky.
C. the old woman/informer versus the sniper as she darts away
B. main character's desire to find out his victim's identity even though it is risky.
What does the exposition tell the reader?
A. The setting, characters, and background information
B. the conflict
C. solves the resolution
The exposition tells the reader about the setting, characters, and background information.
How does the sniper feel right after he sees the body of the enemy sniper he shot down fall to the ground with a thud?
The sniper feels bitter regret.
What does someone feel when they are remorseful?
A. covered or wrapped
B. bitter regret
C. a trick
B. bitter regret
Which vocabulary word means to become embedded or stuck?
A. Reel
B. Ascetic
C. Lodge
Lodge
The sniper planning to make his escape from the rooftop is part of
A. the rising action
B. the falling action
C. the climax
B. the falling action
Why is the main character curious about the identity of the enemy sniper he had killed?
The sniper wonders if he might have known him before the war.
What vocabulary word means covered or wrapped?
A. Reel
B. Enveloped
C. Ascetic
B. Enveloped
Which vocabulary word means the quality of being a unique person?
A. Identity
B. Spasmodically
C. Reel
A. Identity
One of the following details DOES NOT show that the sniper is experienced at war despite his young age:
A. he has "the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death"
B. the way he handles the pain and bandages his arm
C. his reaction when the body of the enemy sniper falls down to the street
C. his reaction when the body of the enemy sniper falls down to the street
Which vocabulary word means at irregular intervals or intermittently?
A. Identity
B. Ruse
C. Spasmodically
C. Spasmodically
What is a person who supports a cause or pursues an interest enthusiastically?
A. Spasmodically
B. Fanatic
C. Bealeagured
B. Fanatic
The EXPOSITION of the story includes one of the following:
A. the old woman in a tattered shaw telling the machine gunner where the sniper is hiding.
B. the sniper bandaging his injured arm
C. twilight fading into night in June on a rooftop in Dublin
C. twilight fading into night in June on a rooftop in Dublin
What does the word beleaguered mean?
A. Surrounded or besieged
B. to cover or wrap
C. Individuality
A. Surrounded or besieged
Which vocabulary word means to fall off balance or lurch?
A. Spasmodically
B. Reel
C. Identity
B. Reel
How did the sniper trick his enemy?
A. he takes of his military jacket and waves it below the parapet (low wall) to the left of where he is lying.
B. he takes off his cap, places it over the muzzle of his rifle and lifts it just above the parapet
C. he throws a pebble toward one of the chimney stacks to distract his enemy
B. he takes off his cap, places it over the muzzle of his rifle and lifts it just above the parapet