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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is aroused in Peyton at the end of Part 2?
(a) His anger.
(b) His passions.
(c) His curiosity.
(d) His love.

2. What can be inferred about the crime Peyton may have committed?
(a) He deserted from the army.
(b) He set fire to the driftwood to burn the bridge.
(c) He shot a Yankee general.
(d) He burned a neighbor's plantation.

3. How did Peyton feel about not being allowed to enlist in the army?
(a) He felt lucky.
(b) He was mad about it.
(c) He was upset.
(d) He was embarrassed.

4. The condemned man feels as if his ears _______________________.
(a) Are bleeding.
(b) Are plugged up.
(c) Are being punctured with a knife.
(d) Are being ripped off.

5. How does the condemned man view the system of execution?
(a) Crude.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Unjust.
(d) Cruel.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the soldier say he knows about the order?

2. Which of the following does the condemned man NOT visualize in his mind?

3. What does the condemned man want to take off his body?

4. What is the position of the man to be hanged?

5. What literary technique does the author use when he says that death is a dignitary?

(see the answer key)

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