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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bobby Trippe want to bring on the canoe trip?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Archery equipment.
(c) A gun for protection.
(d) An extra first-aid kit.

2. What had Ed found attractive about his wife when they first met?
(a) They shared the same interests.
(b) He's an artist, and she was a beautiful model.
(c) Her genuine spark of personal connection.
(d) Everything about her.

3. Prior to the trip, which of the four men is the only one having experience with a canoe?
(a) Drew Ballinger.
(b) Bobby Trippe.
(c) Ed Gentry.
(d) Lewis Medlock.

4. What does Ed do when the owl hunts from the pole of his tent?
(a) He imagines himself hunting with it.
(b) He pushes the claws off the tent pole.
(c) He shakes the tent until it stays away.
(d) He rolls up in his sleeping bag; it's the only way he can sleep.

5. What is Ed's first impression of the Cahulawassee river?
(a) It makes him uneasy for reasons he can't identify.
(b) He wonders if their canoes are the right kind for the current.
(c) He considers it small and insignificant-appearing.
(d) He thinks it's pretty.

6. In the story Lewis tells Ed while they are driving to Oree, what happened when his friend was lost?
(a) The friend eats nuts and berries until a search party arrives.
(b) His friend makes his way to civilization with a broken arm.
(c) A rural Southerner goes out and finds him in the night.
(d) Lewis finds his friend by following his trail.

7. What does Drew Ballinger wish to bring on the canoe trip?
(a) A Martin guitar.
(b) Plenty of liquor.
(c) Survival gear.
(d) A waterproof camera.

8. What does the Griner brother ask Lewis after being asked to drive the cars to Aintry?
(a) What's the most he is willing to pay each of them.
(b) Who sent them to see him.
(c) Why they are bothering him.
(d) Why their cars need to be driven to Aintry.

9. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?
(a) Bobby Trippe.
(b) Ed Gentry.
(c) Drew Ballinger.
(d) Lewis Medlock.

10. In the Before section, what does the graphics studio client think will best sell his Kitt's product?
(a) A comic strip character.
(b) He has no suggestions; it's Ed's business to know what sells.
(c) A nude model holding a pair of panties.
(d) A model with a kitten pulling off her panties.

11. How do Ed and Drew get through their first whitewater on the trip?
(a) They head straight down the middle.
(b) They let the current carry the canoe through it.
(c) They end up going sideways through most of it.
(d) They get out and pull the canoe, so it won't overturn.

12. What enables Lewis to live life on his terms?
(a) He has a subconscious death wish.
(b) Self-determination.
(c) Lack of family.
(d) He owns an insurance business.

13. What does Lewis think of people living in the rural South?
(a) He dislikes them intensely.
(b) He doesn't think of them one way or another.
(c) He thinks they are lacking ambition.
(d) They are good people but clannish.

14. Which of the four men discussing the canoe trip leads a normal, suburban life?
(a) Bobby and Drew.
(b) All of them.
(c) None of them.
(d) Ed and Lewis.

15. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?
(a) The rope coiled on top of everythng.
(b) The sofa pillows; they have a pillow fight.
(c) His bow and arrows.
(d) A knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ed and his partner divide up the work in their business?

2. While driving to Oree, what does Ed tell Lewis about himself?

3. Why does Lewis tell Ed the story of his lost friend before taking the canoe trip?

4. To what businesses does the graphics studio mostly cater ?

5. What people surround Ed as he walks back to work from having lunch with the other men?

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