the sniper

What scene makes the sniper a creative solider?

• He must kill that enemy and he could not use his rifle. He had only a revolver to do it.

• Dropping flat onto the roof, he crawled back to the parapet. With his left hand he felt the injured right forearm. The blood was oozing through the sleeve of his coat. There was no pain--just a deadened sensation, as if the arm had been cut off.

• 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. Almost immediately there was a report, and a bullet pierced the center of the cap. The sniper slanted the rifle forward. The cap clipped down into the street. Then catching the rifle in the middle, the sniper dropped his left hand over the roof and let it hang, lifelessly. After a few moments he let the rifle drop to the street. Then he sank to the roof, dragging his hand with him.

• He looked at the smoking revolver in his hand, and with an oath he hurled it to the roof at his feet. The revolver went off with a concussion and the bullet whizzed past the sniper's head. He was frightened back to his senses by the shock.

Where does the Sniper take place?

• Dublin, Georgia

• Dublin, Scotland

• Dublin, Ireland

• Galway, Ireland

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

What is the potentially fatal mistake that the main character makes that draws attention to him from the other sniper?

• Coughs loudly

• Stands up and walks around

• Sneezes loudly

• Lights a cigarette

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why does the main character not shoot at the armored car when he first sees it?

• He can't see it well.

• He doesn't know if it's an enemy.

• He is smoking a cigarette.

• His bullets won't pierce the armor.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

What does the old woman character do in the story, and on which side is she in the war?

• Tells the sniper to hide; IRA

• Tells the armored car about the sniper; Free Stater

• Shoots at the sniper; Free Stater

• Runs away to hide; IRA

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.W.9-10.9

Which type of irony is this:

"Occurs when the actual result of a situation is totally different from what you would expect the result to be"

• Dramatic

• Situational

• Verbal

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

What is ironic about the ending of the story?

• The sniper shoots his brother.

• The old woman was his aunt.

• He choked on a lifesaver.

• He shot himself in the arm.

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

The old woman was a/an _____.

• sniper

• soldier

• informant

• nurse

Informers provide _____.

• information

• money

• plans

• food

The Sniper was happy when he killed the other sniper.

• True

• False