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

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

3. The method of execution in the story is __________________.
(a) Unusual.
(b) Precise.
(c) Military style.
(d) New.

4. Where are the spectators located?
(a) In a special soundproof room.
(b) In bleachers.
(c) Standing in the grass.
(d) In line at parade rest.

5. What do all the men on the platform have in common?
(a) They are from the Federal army.
(b) They are all bald.
(c) They are all smoking cigars.
(d) They all have brown hair.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many other men are on the platform with the man?

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

3. Who stands with the spectators?

4. How can the condemned man's eyes be described?

5. The remaining plank spans how many railroad ties?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Part 3 end?

2. Describe the road that Peyton discovers.

3. What is known about Peyton's allegiance to the Confederate cause?

4. What does the condemned man think of while closing his eyes and what breaks his concentration?

5. 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?

6. How does Part 3 begin?

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

8. What could account for Peyton's experiences in Part 3?

9. What is the irony that Peyton notes after he has landed in the water with the noose still around his neck?

10. What does the soldier tell Peyton about a notice that has been posted?

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