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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the slack boards laid upon?
(a) Dirt.
(b) Railway supports.
(c) Grass.
(d) Ravine.

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

3. What does the condemned man focus on in the water below?
(a) A piece of driftwood.
(b) Sun sparkling on the surface.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Salmon swimming upstream.

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

5. What literary technique does the author use when he says that death is a dignitary?
(a) Simile.
(b) Metaphor.
(c) Personification.
(d) Allegory.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holds the critical plank in place?

2. In what direction is the man looking?

3. The condemned man feels as if his ears _______________________.

4. Who is the author of AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE?

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

(see the answer key)

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