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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lay at both edges of the road that Peyton finds?
(a) Houses.
(b) Trees.
(c) Guns.
(d) Office buildings.

2. What does Peyton ask after the soldier tells about the order?
(a) If he believes the poster to be true.
(b) If he has ever killed any Yanks.
(c) How far it is to Owl Creek Bridge.
(d) How soon the Yanks will be arriving.

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

4. What type of sound distracts the condemned man's thoughts?
(a) Thudding.
(b) Metallic.
(c) Whirring.
(d) Pounding.

5. Why is the Federal army repairing the railroads?
(a) To transport prisoners.
(b) To help rebuild the South.
(c) To transport cannons.
(d) In preparation for another advance.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color light encompasses everything around Peyton?

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

3. Which of the following does NOT describe Peyton by nightfall?

4. Why is the man immobile?

5. When does the soldier reappear at the Farquhar house?

(see the answer key)

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