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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the man looking at?
(a) Faces.
(b) Water.
(c) Sky.
(d) Trees.

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

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

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

5. How many sentinels stand guard over the men on the platform?
(a) 3.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the position of the man to be hanged?

2. The sound becomes ______________ for the condemned man.

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

4. When it is time for the execution, who moves away from the location first?

5. Where are the spectators located?

(see the answer key)

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