View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 15th.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the men cool down when they stop for a while during their second day on the river?
(a) They spray water on each other with the canoe paddles.
(b) They take a rest on the bank and drink beer.
(c) They rest and let the current do the work.
(d) They go for a swim in the river.

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

3. 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.

4. What does Lewis want to do with the body of the man he killed?
(a) Sink it in the river and weight it with rocks.
(b) Leave it as a warning for the other man.
(c) Take it to the authorities and say they found it in the woods.
(d) Bury it where no one will ever find it.

5. What does Ed notice about Lewis when they stop for a swim?
(a) A small scar on his back that Ed has never seen before.
(b) Lewis is worried and trying to hide it.
(c) Lewis seems sick.
(d) His magnificant physique.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the four men discussing the canoe trip leads a normal, suburban life?

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

4. How does Ed end up in the river on the second day of the trip?

5. What does Lewis tell Ed after Ed pulls him from the river after his canoe overturns?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 434 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample