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What year does the story take place?

         - 1860

         - 1861

         - 1862

 

At that time, a great civil war is happening in the US.

The Union Army of the North soldiers are dressed in…

         - green

         - grey*

         - blue

The soldiers fighting for the South are dressed in…

         - green

         - grey*

         - blue

*(le mot “gris” peut être épelé de 2 manières en anglais: grey (le plus répandu) ou gray (qu’on trouve en anglais américain))

 

Carter Druse, a young man from the South, announces to his father that he will fight with the North. His father...

         - supports his choice

         - doesn’t want to let him join the North

         - regretfully accepts his choice

 

A few weeks later, Carter Druse is hidden in the bushes, because he is…

         - supposed to watch a road

         - ready to attack the enemy’s camp

         - hiding from an attack

 

 But he is not very concentrated on the job. Indeed, he is…

         - smoking a cigarette

         - resting

         - writing a letter to his father

 

 The bushes he is hiding in are situated…

         - next to a river

         - under a wooden bridge

         - at the top of a cliff

 

Druse is suddenly surprised by the arrival close to him of a soldier from the South on a horse. This hoseman, who doesn’t see Druse, holds in one of his hands…

         - a gun

         - a sword

         - a flag

 

 When the horseman turns his face towards Druse, the latter doesn’t shoot him, because…

         - he thinks the horseman doesn’t represent any danger

         - he discovers something that shocks him

         - he is too coward to pull the trigger

 

 He then realizes that the horseman …

         - has discovered where the Northerners’ camp is hidden

         - has seen Druse and is about to shoot him

         - is about to shoot another soldier from the Northerners’ camp

 

 Therefore, Druse shoots his gun, aiming at…

         - the head of the horseman

         - the horse

         - the sky

 

 With the shock of the bullet, the soldier and his horse fall…

         - into the river

         - from the bridge

         - from the cliff

 

 At the very end, when asked by a sergeant, Druse reveals that the horseman was…

         - his father

         - his brother

         - his son