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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the date of the beginning of Part 1?
(a) September 15, 1954.
(b) April 7, 1813.
(c) It not known.
(d) June 25, 1864.

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

3. What is the man wearing?
(a) A frockcoat.
(b) Military uniform.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Night shirt.

4. What is the man's probable profession?
(a) Merchant.
(b) Soldier.
(c) Gambler.
(d) Planter.

5. According to the soldiers' ____________, death is to be honored.
(a) Unwritten code.
(b) Orders.
(c) Instincts.
(d) Rule book.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other men are on the platform with the man?

2. What does the captain do after giving the signal to the sergeant?

3. How can the condemned man's eyes be described?

4. The man in the noose stands at one end of the plank and __________________ stands at the other.

5. How many sentinels stand guard over the men on the platform?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Peyton characterize himself?

2. What does the soldier tell Peyton about what the Yanks are doing?

3. What kind of tension and feeling does the author leave the reader with at the end of Part 2?

4. Who s present as spectators of the event and how do they conduct themselves?

5. What physical pain returns to Peyton as he walks on the road?

6. How does Part 3 begin?

7. What does Peyton experience when the rope is finally removed from his neck?

8. What do Peyton and the soldier do as Mrs. Farquhar gets the glass of water?

9. Describe the darkness and uncertainty of the forest and what incentive keeps Peyton moving.

10. Explain the third step in the execution.

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