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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men guard the Owl Creek Bridge?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 6.

2. Peyton comes from a highly respected family of __________________.
(a) Cotton merchants.
(b) Arms builders.
(c) Shipbuilders.
(d) Slave owners.

3. What does the soldier pause to do?
(a) Collect his thoughts.
(b) Cough.
(c) Tell a joke.
(d) Drink the water.

4. How did Peyton feel about not being allowed to enlist in the army?
(a) He was mad about it.
(b) He was upset.
(c) He felt lucky.
(d) He was embarrassed.

5. What happens to Peyton at the end of the story?
(a) He is shot while running over the Owl Creek Bridge.
(b) He escapes his captors on the Owl Creek Bridge.
(c) His dead body swings from the Owl Creek Bridge.
(d) He falls between the boards of the bridge and swims away.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peyton go to hide from the soldiers?

2. Where are the sentinels standing guard?

3. The soldiers treat death with military etiquette and _______________.

4. Why is the man immobile?

5. What color eyes does the condemned man have?

(see the answer key)

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