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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 14th.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Lewis say the men should meet for their canoe trip?
(a) Saturday around noon.
(b) Late Thursday so they can get to Oree before dark.
(c) He'll call them when the time is arranged.
(d) Early Friday morning.

2. What do the men find in the river on the first day of the canoe trip?
(a) Chicken feathers.
(b) A boat that must have drifted away from its moorings.
(c) Logs from a logging operation.
(d) Snakes.

3. What is Ed most proud of about his business?
(a) It is a refuge from life.
(b) The clients are important local businesses.
(c) Business is increasing rapidly.
(d) He and Thad created it.

4. Why does Lewis tell Ed the story of his lost friend before taking the canoe trip?
(a) To illustrate the danger of the rural areas along the river.
(b) To illustrate the values of rural Southerners.
(c) As a way of passing along survival skills to his friend.
(d) He is bragging.

5. Why does Lewis think he can find the Cahulawassee River himself?
(a) He got directions at the filling station.
(b) He can see the trees beside the river in the distance.
(c) He has pored over maps until he has the way memorized.
(d) He trusts his instinctive sense of direction.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Griner brother ask Lewis after being asked to drive the cars to Aintry?

2. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?

3. Why does Ed enjoy Drew's music so much at the first encampment of the canoe trip?

4. What does Lewis think of people living in the rural South?

5. How is the first man that the four men encounter in Oree described?

(see the answer key)

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