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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holds the critical plank in place?
(a) A horse.
(b) An anchor.
(c) A rope.
(d) The sergeant.

2. What is the date of the beginning of Part 1?
(a) It not known.
(b) April 7, 1813.
(c) September 15, 1954.
(d) June 25, 1864.

3. What signal does the captain give to the sergeant?
(a) He nods.
(b) He salutes.
(c) He winks.
(d) He shakes his hand.

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

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the condemned man?
(a) Good-looking.
(b) Accomplished.
(c) Common criminal.
(d) Wealthy.

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

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

8. What is the position of the man to be hanged?
(a) A civilian.
(b) A military officer.
(c) A spy.
(d) A wayward politician.

9. Why is the man immobile?
(a) He is paralyzed.
(b) His neck is in a noose.
(c) He is trying to hide.
(d) He is playing a game.

10. Which of the following does the condemned man NOT visualize in his mind?
(a) Ripping off the noose.
(b) Shooting the sergeant.
(c) Diving into the water.
(d) Swimming away.

11. What are the man's movements?
(a) He is fixed on one spot.
(b) He is exercising on the ground.
(c) He is jumping up and down.
(d) He is doing acrobatics.

12. When it is time for the execution, who moves away from the location first?
(a) The colonel.
(b) The general.
(c) The two privates.
(d) The sergeant.

13. The sound becomes ______________ for the condemned man.
(a) Calming.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Jarring.
(d) Maddening.

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

15. In what direction is the man looking?
(a) To the right.
(b) Down.
(c) To the left.
(d) Up.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the man doing with his hands?

2. What crime has the condemned man committed?

3. What literary technique does the author use when he says that death is a dignitary?

4. The sergeant salutes the captain and ____________________.

5. What does the condemned man want to do as the noise pounds in his head?

(see the answer keys)

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