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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of sound distracts the condemned man's thoughts?
(a) Pounding.
(b) Whirring.
(c) Thudding.
(d) Metallic.

2. What does Peyton ask the soldier?
(a) What is the news from the front.
(b) If he is hungry.
(c) If he is wounded.
(d) If he is a deserter.

3. Peyton knows there must be a ____________ ring around his neck where the rope had been.
(a) Red.
(b) Black.
(c) Purple.
(d) Green.

4. Which of the following does NOT describe the road that Peyton finds?
(a) No buildings beside it.
(b) Paved like a city street.
(c) Wide as a city street.
(d) No fields bordering it.

5. What role do the sentinels have in the impending execution?
(a) They will give the signal to proceed.
(b) They arrested the men.
(c) No role.
(d) They are waiting on word of a reprieve.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Peyton realize about his neck at this point?

2. What does Peyton ask after the soldier tells about the order?

3. What do the soldiers do when they see Peyton?

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

5. The soldier says the driftwood would burn __________________.

(see the answer key)

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