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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What can be inferred about the story at the end of Part 2?
(a) Peyton is going to enlist in the army.
(b) Something ominous is about to take place.
(c) Peyton is going to be a spy.
(d) Peyton's wife is going to be injured.

2. The man in the noose stands at one end of the plank and __________________ stands at the other.
(a) A private.
(b) The governor.
(c) The sergeant.
(d) A minister.

3. Peyton is a civilian with _________________.
(a) The heart of a soldier.
(b) A criminal record.
(c) A bad reputation.
(d) Political aspirations.

4. What does the soldier say that the Yanks have built at the Owl Creek Bridge?
(a) A train station.
(b) A stockade.
(c) A church.
(d) A gun depot.

5. What does the soldier say happened at the bridge last winter?
(a) A train derailed.
(b) The bridge gave way from ice.
(c) A blizzard.
(d) A flood.

Short Answer Questions

1. The method of execution in the story is __________________.

2. What does the condemned man think is the solution for his predicament?

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

4. How far does the soldier say it is to Owl Creek Bridge?

5. How does the soldier say he knows about the order?

(see the answer key)

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