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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 the soldier's true job?
(a) He is a newspaper editor.
(b) He is a Federal scout.
(c) He is a Federal general.
(d) He is a writer.

2. Who stands with the spectators?
(a) A minister.
(b) The governor.
(c) The mayor.
(d) A lieutenant.

3. What does the condemned man note about the driftwood in the water below?
(a) It is moving slowly.
(b) It is huge.
(c) It is gray.
(d) It is very small.

4. When does the soldier reappear at the Farquhar house?
(a) The following week.
(b) An hour later.
(c) A year later.
(d) Never.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the man to be hanged?

2. What color eyes does the condemned man have?

3. What does Peyton ask the soldier?

4. What do the men in the infantry do while waiting for the execution?

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

(see the answer key)

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