Why is the narrator surprised to find Peyton Farquhar about to be hanged? A
Farquhar is already dead.
B
Hanging has been outlawed in Alabama.
C
Farquhar looks kindly and is a gentleman.
D
Only gentlemen are hanged in Alabama.

What point is the author trying to make by comparing the travel times of the first transcontinental railroad and the first transcontinental flight?

Lines 47–56: determine the central idea of these lines

Read these lines from stanza 5 of the poem, “they shot wook kim” and answe the question. hung in the air/over that petroleum morgue that night. what does the use of the phrase “petroleum morgue” best suggest? an atmosphere of chemical detachment an unsettling place of ultimate rest a dark street containing a lifeless body an area containing putrid substances and smells