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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following did Peyton NOT long to experience as a soldier?
(a) Something to put his energies into.
(b) The honor of a soldier's life.
(c) The opportunity for distinction.
(d) Shooting enemy soldiers.

2. What did the soldier see lying against the pier the last time he was at the bridge?
(a) A dead body.
(b) Some guns.
(c) Driftwood.
(d) Fishing poles.

3. What is the second question Peyton asks the soldier?
(a) Where he comes from.
(b) How the bridge is guarded.
(c) If he is married.
(d) How long he has been in the army.

4. The soldiers say the Yanks have already reached ________________________-.
(a) Richmond.
(b) Atlanta.
(c) The gun depot.
(d) The Owl Creek Bridge.

5. Peyton is devoted to the ____________________.
(a) Catholic Church.
(b) Southern cause.
(c) Northern cause.
(d) Marriage vows.

6. What prevented Peyton's enlisting in the army?
(a) Flat feet.
(b) Chicken pox.
(c) It is not known.
(d) Bad heart.

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

8. Who does the soldier say is repairing the railroads?
(a) The Yanks.
(b) The Rebs.
(c) The locals.
(d) The government.

9. What does Peyton say a civilian would have to do to gain access to the bridge?
(a) Dress all in black.
(b) Walk in stocking feet.
(c) Elude the picket post.
(d) Put mud on his face.

10. What is the name of the character introduced in Part 2?
(a) Peyton Farquhar.
(b) Preston Farquhar.
(c) Peyton Manning.
(d) Peyton Place.

11. Peyton is a politician and a(n) ___________________.
(a) Abolitionist.
(b) Socialist.
(c) Anarchist.
(d) Secessionist.

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

13. What can be inferred about the crime Peyton may have committed?
(a) He shot a Yankee general.
(b) He burned a neighbor's plantation.
(c) He deserted from the army.
(d) He set fire to the driftwood to burn the bridge.

14. What does the soldier say that the Yanks have built at the Owl Creek Bridge?
(a) A stockade.
(b) A train station.
(c) A gun depot.
(d) A church.

15. Peyton is a civilian with _________________.
(a) A criminal record.
(b) Political aspirations.
(c) A bad reputation.
(d) The heart of a soldier.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mrs. Farquhar's demeanor about getting the water?

2. How many men guard the Owl Creek Bridge?

3. Who approaches Peyton and his wife as they sit outside their home?

4. At what time of day is Peyton approached by someone at his property?

5. Who is mentioned in the posted order?

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