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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What literary technique does the author use when he says that death is a dignitary?
(a) Allegory.
(b) Personification.
(c) Metaphor.
(d) Simile.

2. What role do the sentinels have in the impending execution?
(a) They will give the signal to proceed.
(b) They arrested the men.
(c) They are waiting on word of a reprieve.
(d) No role.

3. What is the man looking at?
(a) Faces.
(b) Water.
(c) Trees.
(d) Sky.

4. In what state is the man located?
(a) Alabama.
(b) Georgia.
(c) Arizona.
(d) Arkansas.

5. What does the man think of when he closes his eyes?
(a) His mother.
(b) His home.
(c) His wife and children.
(d) God.

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

7. Who is the author of AN OCCURRENCE AT OWL CREEK BRIDGE?
(a) Anthonio Bierce.
(b) Ambrose Pierce.
(c) Ambrose Pearson.
(d) Ambrose Bierce.

8. The sentinels are as still as ________________.
(a) Night.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) Death.
(d) Statues.

9. The condemned man thinks the loud sound is like _____________________.
(a) A blacksmith's hammer.
(b) Thunder.
(c) A clanging bell.
(d) Horses' hooves.

10. What does the condemned man want to do as the noise pounds in his head?
(a) Scream.
(b) Shoot himself.
(c) Beg for mercy.
(d) Cry.

11. What color eyes does the condemned man have?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Green.
(d) Brown.

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

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

14. During what war does the story take place?
(a) The Civil War.
(b) World War II.
(c) The Korean War.
(d) World War I.

15. Where is the man standing at the beginning of Part 1?
(a) An alley.
(b) A cave.
(c) A city street.
(d) A railroad bridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the soldiers' ____________, death is to be honored.

2. In what direction is the man looking?

3. What is the man's probable profession?

4. What holds the critical plank in place?

5. Which of the following is NOT a rank among the men on the platform with the man?

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