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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Lewis offer each Griner brother to drive their cars to Aintry?
(a) Ten dollars.
(b) Forty dollars.
(c) Five dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

2. In what season do the men take their canoe trip?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring, when the river level is high.
(c) Early autumn.
(d) Early winter, just before freeze-up.

3. How do Ed and his partner divide up the work in their business?
(a) They both share in all aspects of the business.
(b) They decide on a case-by-case basis who does what.
(c) Thad does the graphics while Ed runs the business.
(d) Ed does the graphics while Thad runs the business.

4. Where is the dam being built that will turn part of the Cahulawassee River into a lake?
(a) Aintry.
(b) A few miles south of Atlanta.
(c) Where the river exits Lake Bodie.
(d) Oree.

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

6. In the story Lewis tells Ed while they are driving to Oree, what happened when his friend was lost?
(a) His friend makes his way to civilization with a broken arm.
(b) A rural Southerner goes out and finds him in the night.
(c) Lewis finds his friend by following his trail.
(d) The friend eats nuts and berries until a search party arrives.

7. What does Ed do when the owl hunts from the pole of his tent?
(a) He imagines himself hunting with it.
(b) He rolls up in his sleeping bag; it's the only way he can sleep.
(c) He shakes the tent until it stays away.
(d) He pushes the claws off the tent pole.

8. What do Drew and Bobby do while Ed and Lewis talk to the Griner brothers?
(a) Find a place for the men to have lunch.
(b) Find the turn-off leading to the river.
(c) Call the men's families to let them know they are in Oree.
(d) Buy supplies.

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

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

11. What one thing do all three men invited for the canoe trip share?
(a) None like Lewis.
(b) All are unhappily married.
(c) All work for the same company.
(d) All are suburban, middle-class men.

12. Alone in his office after the canoe trip was proposed, how does Ed get past his depression?
(a) He doesn't; it plagues him for the rest of the day.
(b) He talks himself out of it.
(c) He uses deep breathing techniques.
(d) He gets to work on the day's photo shoot.

13. What kind of men work at the graphics studio?
(a) Men who'd tried it in New York and returned to the South.
(b) Men who failed elsewhere due to lack of talent.
(c) Men who take orders well.
(d) Men who are difficult with whom it is difficult to get along.

14. What does Lewis think of people living in the rural South?
(a) He thinks they are lacking ambition.
(b) They are good people but clannish.
(c) He doesn't think of them one way or another.
(d) He dislikes them intensely.

15. What is Ed looking forward to while the men are discussing the canoe trip during lunch?
(a) The afternoon's photo shoot.
(b) A drink with his wife after work.
(c) A walk through town.
(d) Practice at the archery range.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When Ed and Lewis arrive at the Griner brother's garage, what happens to one of the brothers?

4. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?

5. What is Ed's first impression of the Cahulawassee river?

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