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

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

3. What is the man looking at?
(a) Trees.
(b) Water.
(c) Sky.
(d) Faces.

4. What is the man standing on?
(a) Stirrups.
(b) Slack boards.
(c) Ground.
(d) Ship's plank.

5. What does the condemned man note about the driftwood in the water below?
(a) It is gray.
(b) It is moving slowly.
(c) It is very small.
(d) It is huge.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of sound distracts the condemned man's thoughts?

2. Who are the spectators for the execution?

3. The man in the noose stands at one end of the plank and __________________ stands at the other.

4. What is the date of the beginning of Part 1?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the condemned man not a typical hanging victim?

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

3. Who does Peyton see coming to meet him and how does he respond?

4. What questions does the author plant in the reader's mind about why Peyton was selected for the encounter with the Federal scout?

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

6. How does the second part of Part 3 begin and how can it be characterized?

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

8. Describe the darkness and uncertainty of the forest and what incentive keeps Peyton moving.

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

10. How does Part 3 end?

(see the answer keys)

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