Answer: (IT'S B) After completing preparations, the sergeant informed the captain and then stepped on the plank behind the captain. The captain then stepped off prior to giving the sergeant to move aside so that the plank would fall to the river, leaving the man to hang to his death.
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Explanation: Farquhar loses consciousness as he plummets down from the side of the bridge. He is awakened by currents of pain running through his body. A loud splash wakes him up even more abruptly, and he realizes that the noose has broken—sending him falling into the stream below.
The Not So Sturdy Structure of Owl Creek Bridge In An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Peyton Farquhar is being hanged for a war crime of telling a federal scout his idea to burn down the Owl Creek Bridge during the civil war.
The answer is B