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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. Which of the following is NOT a rank among the men on the platform with the man?
(a) Captain.
(b) Private.
(c) Colonel.
(d) Sergeant.

2. In what state is the man located?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Arkansas.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Arizona.

3. What are the man's movements?
(a) He is exercising on the ground.
(b) He is doing acrobatics.
(c) He is jumping up and down.
(d) He is fixed on one spot.

4. When it is time for the execution, who moves away from the location first?
(a) The general.
(b) The sergeant.
(c) The colonel.
(d) The two privates.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the man immobile?

2. How old is the man to be hanged?

3. Who are the spectators for the execution?

4. What do all the men on the platform have in common?

5. What color eyes does the condemned man have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens just as Peyton is about to embrace his wife?

2. How does the author use one word to indicate Mrs. Farquhar's devotion to the Confederate cause?

3. What questions does the author plant in the reader's mind about why Peyton was selected for the encounter with the Federal scout?

4. What happens to startle Peyton out of his reverie of the beauty of the nature he sees?

5. What idea does the soldier offer up on how a person could accomplish something regarding the destruction of the bridge?

6. How does Part 2 help to fill in some information regarding the crime for which Peyton is to be hanged as learned in Part 1?

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

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

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

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

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