3. The condemned man feels as if his ears _______________________.
(a) Are being punctured with a knife.
(b) Are plugged up.
(c) Are being ripped off.
(d) Are bleeding.

4. What does the condemned man focus on in the water below?
(a) A piece of driftwood.
(b) Sun sparkling on the surface.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Salmon swimming upstream.

5. Where are the sentinels standing guard?
(a) In trees.
(b) In boats.
(c) The ends of the bridge.
(d) In nearby fields.

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

7. The rope around the man's neck is attached to ______________________.
(a) A forklift.
(b) A scaffold.
(c) A cross timber.
(d) A tree.

8. What is the source of the sound that the condemned man hears?
(a) A chain.
(b) The bridge.
(c) Coins.
(d) His watch.

9. How does the condemned man view the system of execution?
(a) Crude.
(b) Efficient.
(c) Unjust.
(d) Cruel.

10. How can the condemned man's eyes be described?
(a) Kindly.
(b) Sleepy.
(c) Frantic.
(d) Closed.

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

12. What do all the men on the platform have in common?
(a) They are all smoking cigars.
(b) They all have brown hair.
(c) They are all bald.
(d) They are from the Federal army.

13. What does the condemned man think is the solution for his predicament?
(a) Finding his gun.
(b) Talking to the governor.
(c) Freeing his hands.
(d) Bribing the guards.

14. The method of execution in the story is __________________.
(a) Military style.
(b) New.
(c) Precise.
(d) Unusual.

15. What do the man's clothes indicate about him?
(a) He is a criminal.
(b) He has been sucessful.
(c) He is too young to die.
(d) He is a soldier.