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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ed's first impression of the Cahulawassee river?
(a) He thinks it's pretty.
(b) He wonders if their canoes are the right kind for the current.
(c) It makes him uneasy for reasons he can't identify.
(d) He considers it small and insignificant-appearing.

2. How do the men get through the final set of rapids?
(a) They use a broken paddle to deflect rocks.
(b) They tow the canoe over a series of falls.
(c) They keep their center of gravity low and hope for the best.
(d) Bobby is useless; Ed steers the canoe himself.

3. After the trip, how does Ed divert suspicion from them?
(a) By pretending there had only been three of them on the trip.
(b) By asking for a search party to find Drew.
(c) By saying a falling boulder hit and killed Drew in the gorge.
(d) By pointing the authorities to the wrong part of the river.

4. After the local man who hurt Bobby is done, and the other man turns to Ed, what happens?
(a) Bobby grabs the gun, and the men run away.
(b) Bobby lunges towards the man with the gun.
(c) Ed and Bobby together make a concerted attack on the men.
(d) An arrow goes through the chest of the man who hurt Bobby.

5. What does the sheriff think happened to Deputy Queen's brother-in-law?
(a) He got drunk and will come home eventually.
(b) He's working at a still somewhere in the woods.
(c) He finally got what he deserved.
(d) He took off with a pretty little thing with whom he's been partying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which deputy starts questioning Ed in a hostile manner while the river is being dragged for Drew's body?

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

3. How does Ed explain his wound to the doctor who treats him?

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

5. What does Bobby do while the ambulance crew works on Lewis, and they wait for the Highway Patrol to arrive?

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