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VOCAB
PART I
PART II
AUTHOR
PART III
100

What is appalling

frightful

100
Location of the story
What is norther Alabama
100
What is the name of the politician/seccessionist (the main character)
What is Peyton Farquhar
100
What is the author's name?
What is Ambrose Bierce
100
Peyton was awakened by a sharp pain of pressure upon what body part?
What is the throat
200

What is abrasion

scrape

200
Age of man being hung
What is 35
200
What is a seccessionist
What is one who favored the separation of Southern states from the union
200
What war did he serve in?
What is the Civil War
200
What happened as Peyton was dropped to be hung
What is the roped snapped
300

What is encompassed

What is encompassed

surrounded; enclosed

300
The man being hung was constantly thinking of what important figures in his life
What is his wife and children
300
How far away is Owl Creek bridge from Farquhar's home
What is 30 miles
300
His nick name
What is "Bitter Bierce"
300
Peyton believed that he had this when he freed his tied hands from behind his back while in the river
What is superhuman strength
400

What is oscillation

regular back and forth movement

400
The pace of the stream below was
What is sluggish
400
Who came to Faquhar's home?
What is a Federal scout on horse-back
400
Year of death
What is 1914
400
Did Peyton ever escape from hanging and make it back to his family, yes or no
What is TRICK QUESTION
500

What is gryation

circular movement; whirling

500
What kind of men were hanging this man?
What is soldiers
500
What did the Federal scout tell Farquhar?
What is the Yanks are repairing the railroads
500
His definition of war was...?
What is "the byproduct of the arts of peace"
500
What is the ending of the story
What is he believed his escape between the release of the gate and the snapping of his neck (he's dead)