Owl Creek Bridge Skills Quiz

3. The final shift in point of view that occurs in the story is necessary because…

• a. Peyton Fahrquhar is dead.
• b. Fahrquhar finally makes it back to his plantation.

4. The author uses a cliffhanger at which point(s) in the story?

• a. the end of Part I
• b. the end of Part II

5. Which section of the story is a flashback?

• a. Part I
• b. Part II

6. Which excerpt below includes foreshadowing that hints at the ultimate outcome of the story?

• a. To be hanged and drowned,” he thought, “that is not so bad; but I do not wish to be shot. No; I will not be shot; that is not fair.”
• b. Overhead, as he looked up through this rift in the wood, shone great golden stars looking unfamiliar and grouped in strange constellations. He was sure they were arranged in some order which had a secret and malign significance.

7. Which description below most accurately describes Peyton Fahrquhar?

• a. a Confederate soldier with Union sympathies
• b. a civilian with Confederate sympathies

8. Which evidence from the story most strongly supports your answer to the previous question?

• a. Being a slave owner and like other slave owners a politician he was naturally an original secessionist and ardently devoted to the Southern cause.
• b. The soldier reflected. “I was there a month ago,” he replied. “I observed that the flood of last winter had lodged a great quantity of driftwood against the wooden pier at this end of the bridge.

9. Read this excerpt: Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him. �What type of figurative language is used in the phrase above?

• a. personification
• b. hyperbole

What activity opens the story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"?

• A southern spy is put on trial.
• A man is going to be hanged.
• Union soldiers are fixing a bridge.
• Troops are laying railroad tracks.

In the story, which event occurs last?

• Farquhar imagines reuniting with his wife.
• Farquhar is approached by a Federal scout.
• Farquhar's board is released and he falls.
• Farquhar dies of hanging.

What is the main function of the flashback in the story?

• to describe the effects of war on men and women
• to show insight into treacherous  behavior of Union soldiers
• to generate sympathy for the Southern cause
• to explain why Farquhar is being hanged