Reading Comprehension
The relationship between the sniper and the other gunman.
Who is his brother?
A ruse.
What is a trick?
"Machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms."
What is a simile?
This author wrote "The Sniper"
Who is Liam O'Flaherty?
Time of day.
What is nightime.
This person spoke to the old lady.
Who is the man in the turret?
A long wall along the edge of a roof or balcony.
What is a parapet?
"The sniper could hear the dull panting of the motor."
What is personification?
The sniper's secondary weapon.
What is a revolver?
City in which the story takes place.
What is Dublin?
The act that gave away the sniper's position.
What is smoking?
Covered or wrapped.
What is enveloped?
"Heavy guns roared."
What is personification?
The woman was a threat to the sniper because she was this.
What is an informer?
The story takes place in this country.
What is Ireland?
"This was used to cover the muzzle of his rifle while trying to fool the enemy sniper."
What is his cap?
At irregular intervals.
What is spasmodically?
"He was slowly falling forward as if in a dream."
What is a simile?
He put this in his wound.
What is Iodine?
Name of the central court building of Dublin.
What is Four Courts?
This is the reason he dropped the hat and gun of the edge of the building.
What is faking his death.
A severe attack or sudden increase in intensity.
What is paroxysm?
"The revolver went off with a concussion and the bullet whizzed past the sniper's head."
What is onomatopoeia?
These groups waged battle against one another.
Who were the Republicans and Free Staters?
Name of the bridge he was by was this.
What is O'Connell Bridge?