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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role do the sentinels have in the impending execution?
(a) They will give the signal to proceed.
(b) They are waiting on word of a reprieve.
(c) No role.
(d) They arrested the men.

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

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

4. The condemned man thinks the loud sound is like _____________________.
(a) Horses' hooves.
(b) A blacksmith's hammer.
(c) A clanging bell.
(d) Thunder.

5. The soldiers treat death with military etiquette and _______________.
(a) Eulogies.
(b) Speeches.
(c) Silence.
(d) Singing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holds the critical plank in place?

2. The remaining plank spans how many railroad ties?

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

4. The sound becomes ______________ for the condemned man.

5. What are the slack boards laid upon?

(see the answer key)

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