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

2. What does the condemned man think is the solution for his predicament?
(a) Freeing his hands.
(b) Talking to the governor.
(c) Finding his gun.
(d) Bribing the guards.

3. What do all the men on the platform have in common?
(a) They are all bald.
(b) They are from the Federal army.
(c) They are all smoking cigars.
(d) They all have brown hair.

4. What color eyes does the condemned man have?
(a) Green.
(b) Gray.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

5. What signal does the captain give to the sergeant?
(a) He shakes his hand.
(b) He nods.
(c) He salutes.
(d) He winks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man standing on?

2. According to the soldiers' ____________, death is to be honored.

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

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

5. What is the man looking at?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the planter's name and where does he live?

3. What is unexpected about the condemned man's appearance?

4. What frightens Peyton about the night sky and walking through the woods?

5. What is the irony that Peyton notes after he has landed in the water with the noose still around his neck?

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

7. How does the soldier take his leave from the Farquhar home?

8. What are Peyton and his wife doing at the beginning of Part 2?

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

10. What is the point of view used by the author in Part 2 and how can you determine that.

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