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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When the story opens, its mood is | tense |
| The republican sniper is best described as | devoted to his cause |
| The sniper's job is to | shoot the enemy |
| The sniper puts out his cigarette because | it makes him a target |
| When the sniper is shot in the arm, he | calmly examines the wound and tends to it |
| You can infer from his actions that the sniper | is experienced in warfare |
| the sniper drops his left hand over the roof and lets the rifle drop to the street in order to | trick the enemy into thinking he is dead |
| How does the sniper feel when he first realizes that he has killed the enemy | joyful |
| At the end of the story, the sniper has experienced all of the following conflicts except an | external conflict with authorities |
| The surprise at the end of the story is that the | sniper killed his brother |
| Where does the action of the story take place | Dublin, Ireland |
| The topic of the story is | civil war |
| The sniper's external conflict is resolved when the | sniper kills his brother |
| Why might Liam O'Flaherty have related this experience in a story rather than a play | plays are told through dialougue, and "The Sniper" relies on description |