An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Quizzes

    Think you’ve got your head wrapped around An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge? Put your knowledge to the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
    Q. Peyton begins the story looking at


    The creek
    The sky
    His hands
    His wife
    Q. To the protagonist, water equals


    Freedom
    Quenching thirst
    Death
    Q. What dances in this story?


    Men
    Soldiers
    Couples
    Driftwood
    Q. How does time work in this story?


    The story is all told as a flashback.
    The story is told sequentially as it happened.
    We travel back and forth between time periods.
    Q. What ticks off the seconds Farquhar has left?


    Soldier's timepiece
    Hourglass
    His watch
    Grandfather clock