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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?
(a) The pull is too light; it might not kill a deer.
(b) He thinks it will do in a pinch.
(c) He doesn't like it because it's a recurved bow.
(d) It's losing glass.

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

3. What does one of the locals who accosted Bobby and Ed with a gun do to Bobby?
(a) He scares him by shooting, and a bullet grazes Bobby's hair.
(b) He hits him with the butt of his rifle.
(c) He sodomizes him.
(d) He shoves a fist into Bobby's face.

4. What kind of musical instrument does the albino boy, Lonnie, play?
(a) Spoons.
(b) A banjo.
(c) A guitar.
(d) A fiddle.

5. in the Before section, Ed Gentry is depressed after lunch because...
(a) He's afraid he won't live up to Lewis' expectations of him.
(b) He doesn't like the presentation on which he's working.
(c) He feels his life is ordinary.
(d) He and his wife had a fight that morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alone in his office after the canoe trip was proposed, how does Ed get past his depression?

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

3. What does Drew want to do with the body of the man Lewis killed?

4. While hunting the first morning of the canoe trip, why does Ed miss the buck at which he shoots?

5. What does Lewis tell Ed that he must do if they are to survive the canoe trip?

(see the answer key)

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