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

2. What type of sound distracts the condemned man's thoughts?
(a) Whirring.
(b) Metallic.
(c) Thudding.
(d) Pounding.

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

4. Who stands with the spectators?
(a) A minister.
(b) A lieutenant.
(c) The mayor.
(d) The governor.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. During what war does the story take place?

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

4. How many sentinels stand guard over the men on the platform?

5. What are the man's movements?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Part 2 help to fill in some information regarding the crime for which Peyton is to be hanged as learned in Part 1?

3. What idea does the soldier offer up on how a person could accomplish something regarding the destruction of the bridge?

4. Why did Peyton not enlist in the Confederate army?

5. What does Peyton experience when the rope is finally removed from his neck?

6. How does Part 1 end?

7. What is the setting for the story?

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

9. What can be determined about the condemned man by his appearance?

10. Describe the road that Peyton discovers.

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