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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT make music to Peyton's ears?
(a) Dragonflies.
(b) Gnats.
(c) Grasshoppers.
(d) Water spiders.

2. What does Peyton find that he knows will take him home?
(a) A horse.
(b) A trolley.
(c) A train.
(d) A road.

3. What is the soldier's true job?
(a) He is a Federal scout.
(b) He is a newspaper editor.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is a Federal general.

4. What can be inferred about the crime Peyton may have committed?
(a) He burned a neighbor's plantation.
(b) He deserted from the army.
(c) He set fire to the driftwood to burn the bridge.
(d) He shot a Yankee general.

5. What does the soldier say about the driftwood he saw?
(a) It was covered in moss.
(b) It was a strange color.
(c) It was in little pieces.
(d) It would be dry now.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following does NOT describe the road that Peyton finds?

2. In what direction is the soldier headed when he rides past the Farquhar house again?

3. What is the man standing on?

4. When does the soldier say he had last been at the Owl Creek Bridge?

5. What is the source of the sound that the condemned man hears?

(see the answer key)

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