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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 16th.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At lunch, discussing the canoe trip, why does the trip organizer suggest the men take the trip now?
(a) Ed's business schedule will only allow it this week.
(b) The water level will be too low later.
(c) It will soon be winter and too cold.
(d) The river is going to be dammed, and the area will flood.

3. What do Bobby and Ed do with the shooter's body?
(a) They bury it beside a small stream among deep brush.
(b) They scoop sand from the beach and cover it.
(c) They sink it in the river, weighted down with rocks.
(d) They leave it on the beach for rising water to take.

4. What does Ed do first after reaching the top of the cliff?
(a) He looks back down at the river.
(b) He looks around to see if the killer is nearby.
(c) He checks his equipment.
(d) He closes his eyes and rests a moment.

5. What does the blue light of the Kitt's photo shoot remind Ed of?
(a) A pool of water.
(b) A hot desert sky.
(c) Mornings and evenings.
(d) Prisons and interrogations.

Short Answer Questions

1. After falling in the river on the second day of the trip, how does Ed get through the whitewater?

2. What does Ed do with the body of the dead shooter?

3. How does Lewis react to having killed a man?

4. What new complication turns one member of the group into a liability after both canoes overturn?

5. After the trip, how does Ed divert suspicion from them?

(see the answer key)

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