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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the privates do after moving away from the man?
(a) Ride away.
(b) Wipe their brows.
(c) Pull away their planks.
(d) Stand in silence.

2. What prevented Peyton's enlisting in the army?
(a) Flat feet.
(b) It is not known.
(c) Chicken pox.
(d) Bad heart.

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

4. Which of the following is NOT a step in the hanging?
(a) The man will fall.
(b) The plank will tilt.
(c) The sergeant will step off the plank.
(d) The sergeant will slap the horse.

5. What does the condemned man NOT wear?
(a) A hood.
(b) A tie.
(c) Shoes.
(d) A hat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following did Peyton NOT long to experience as a soldier?

3. What do the men in the infantry do while waiting for the execution?

4. What does the condemned man want to do as the noise pounds in his head?

5. What is the man standing on?

(see the answer key)

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