The Hangman

After the sixth man was hanged, what did the townspeople do?

• They hid in their homes.
• They grew silent.
• The offered to help the Hangman.
• They ran the Hangman out of town.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

In stanza four, what did the Hangman tell the speaker about the people who had been hanged?

• They had done nothing wrong.
• They deserved to die.
• They had been murdered.
• They were better off dead.

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What did the townspeople discover the morning after the first man was hanged?

• The body was still hanging from the gallows-tree.
• The Hangman was gone.
• The courthouse square was empty.
• The gallows-tree was still in the courthouse square.

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.3.5

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Why does the Hangman say he hanged the first man?

• To stretch a new rope.
• To try the strength of the gallows-beam.
• To ease the trap.
• To test the strength of the rope.

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CCSS.RL.1.4

CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

How does the speaker describe himself at the end of the poem?

• Very tired.
• Very sad.
• Very scared.
• Very alone.

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CCSS.RL. 6.5

CCSS.RL.3.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

Why did no one speak about the first hanging?

• Out of indifference about what had happened.
• Out of ignorance of what had happened.
• Out of fear of the Hangman.
• Out of respect for the Hangman

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

Who is the second man that was hanged?

• An infidel.
• Someone who was a friend of the Jew.
• Someone who speaks out against the first hanging.
• A black man.

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What smells surrounded the Hangman when came to the town?

• Blood and dust.
• Gold and blood.
• Freshly cut wood.
• Wood and flame.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.K.4

The fourth man that was hanged was?

• A black man.
• A thief.
• A foreigner.
• A usurer.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

The third man that was hanged was?

• A foreigner.
• A usurer and an infidel.
• A thief.
• A black man.

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CCSS.RL.2.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4