Peyton Farquhar Story Quiz

What is Peyton Farquhar about to do at the beginning of the story?

• Be promoted to captain

• Be hanged by Union soldiers

• Escape from the Union soldiers

• Attend a meeting with Confederate officers

What is the location of Peyton Farquhar’s execution?

• In a Confederate camp

• On a battlefield

• Over a railroad bridge

• At his family’s plantation

What was Farquhar’s role in the Confederate army?

• He was a soldier

• He was a spy

• He was a civilian with sympathy for the Confederate cause

• He was a captain in the Confederate army

Who tricked Farquhar into attempting to sabotage the bridge?

• A Confederate spy

• A Union scout disguised as a Confederate soldier

• His brother

• His best friend

What was the purpose of Farquhar's mission?

• To deliver supplies to Confederate soldiers

• To destroy a Union telegraph station

• To burn down Owl Creek Bridge

• To spy on Union troop movements

What happens to Peyton Farquhar after he is hanged?

• He dies instantly

• He manages to escape

• He briefly imagines escaping but is actually dead

• He faints and is revived later

What is the first thing that Farquhar notices after he falls from the bridge?

• The sound of birds singing

• His own broken arm

• The cold water of the creek

• His wife calling his name

What does Farquhar imagine while "escaping" from the Union soldiers?

• That he is being chased by dogs

• That he is swimming toward his home

• That he is captured again

• That he is joining the Confederate army

How does Farquhar perceive time during his imagined escape?

• It passes normally

• Time slows down, and he feels like he has hours to escape

• Time speeds up as he rushes to escape

• Time stops completely

What does Farquhar think about as he imagines reaching his wife?

• He is angry at the Union soldiers

• He is relieved to be free

• He is planning his next mission

• He is fearful that he won’t make it