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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 saying a falling boulder hit and killed Drew in the gorge.
(c) By asking for a search party to find Drew.
(d) By pointing the authorities to the wrong part of the river.

2. What does Lewis tell Ed that he must do if they are to survive the canoe trip?
(a) Come at their attacker from behind.
(b) Get help.
(c) That he believes in Ed's ability to get them out alive.
(d) Kill their attacker.

3. What does Bobby do that makes Ed feel relieved?
(a) He leaves the area.
(b) He gets a new job and gets married.
(c) He writes down what happened to him, then burns the writing.
(d) He takes lessons in self-defense.

4. Which of the four men discussing the canoe trip leads a normal, suburban life?
(a) All of them.
(b) None of them.
(c) Ed and Lewis.
(d) Bobby and Drew.

5. In the After section, what happens when Ed goes to Lewis' hospital room?
(a) Lewis is still asleep.
(b) The police are suspicious and want to arrest Ed.
(c) Lewis has already given his version of events to the police.
(d) The doctor says Lewis might not make it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed think about the Kitt's model when he first sees her?

2. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?

3. How does Ed get up the cliff?

4. How do the men cool down when they stop for a while during their second day on the river?

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

(see the answer key)

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