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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Which of the following is NOT a rank among the men on the platform with the man?
(a) Sergeant.
(b) Colonel.
(c) Private.
(d) Captain.

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

5. What crime has the condemned man committed?
(a) Spying.
(b) Murder.
(c) Robbery.
(d) It is unknown at this point.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the condemned man want to take off his body?

2. Which of the following does NOT describe the condemned man?

3. How old is the man to be hanged?

4. What does the condemned man note about the driftwood in the water below?

5. What color eyes does the condemned man have?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Peyton's walking take a more pleasant tone and where does he end up?

2. How does the soldier take his leave from the Farquhar home?

3. What kind of tension and feeling does the author leave the reader with at the end of Part 2?

4. How can Part 3 be considered to be broken into two parts and how would the first part be characterized?

5. Explain how Peyton ends up in a forest.

6. What is the first step in beginning the execution?

7. How is the apparatus for hanging the man set up?

8. What is noted about the man's position and posture?

9. What is the unwritten rule guiding the soldiers in their demeanor at the execution?

10. What physical pain returns to Peyton as he walks on the road?

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