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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through After.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why doesn't the shooter kill Ed while he's in the river retrieving the overturned aluminum canoe?
(a) The canoe hides Ed from anyone watching from above.
(b) The whitewater is too swift.
(c) He can't see Ed, who is swimming underwater.
(d) He believes the entire group died in the rapids.

3. What does Ed think about the Kitt's model when he first sees her?
(a) She's thinner than he likes for this job.
(b) She's healthy and tomboyish.
(c) He's pleased with her legs.
(d) He's disappointed because she's a farm girl.

4. What ruins the perfect shot Ed has at the shooter at the top of the cliff?
(a) Ed's arm cramps from holding the drawn bowstring too long.
(b) Ed's too anxious, as when he'd missed the buck earlier.
(c) The shooter moves.
(d) A breeze springs up and sways the tree Ed is in.

5. What causes the wound in Ed's side after he shoots the man trying to kill him?
(a) A rock from his climb that he hasn't noticed until now.
(b) The shooter's shot grazes him.
(c) One of his own arrows.
(d) A tree branch pierces his side as he falls to the ground.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lewis think he can find the Cahulawassee River himself?

2. Why doesn't Deputy Queen believe Ed's story?

3. What tempts Ed to pull out of the canoe trip at the last minute?

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

5. After burying the body of the man Lewis shot, why does Bobby go in a canoe with Lewis and Drew go in a canoe with Ed?

(see the answer key)

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