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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the men find in the river on the first day of the canoe trip?
(a) Snakes.
(b) Logs from a logging operation.
(c) Chicken feathers.
(d) A boat that must have drifted away from its moorings.

2. Why does Lewis tell Ed the story of his lost friend before taking the canoe trip?
(a) To illustrate the values of rural Southerners.
(b) As a way of passing along survival skills to his friend.
(c) He is bragging.
(d) To illustrate the danger of the rural areas along the river.

3. Where does Ed tell Lewis he'll go if disaster strikes?
(a) South where it's warm.
(b) He'll head north where his wife has relatives.
(c) Into the hills where he can live life on his own terms.
(d) He'll stay at home.

4. What kind of business does Ed Gentry own with a partner?
(a) He's the sole owner of a tax business.
(b) A graphics design firm.
(c) None, he recently sold his half of the business.
(d) An accounting firm.

5. What one good thing had Holley done that remains at the graphics business?
(a) Wrote a manual on graphic design.
(b) Created a mural along the hallway.
(c) Instilled the value of artistic integrity in the design team.
(d) Turned a bird into a Pegasus.

6. How do Ed and Drew get through their first whitewater on the trip?
(a) They get out and pull the canoe, so it won't overturn.
(b) They head straight down the middle.
(c) They end up going sideways through most of it.
(d) They let the current carry the canoe through it.

7. How is the first man that the four men encounter in Oree described?
(a) An old man with a straw hat and work shirt.
(b) A man wearing a stained, gray work uniform.
(c) A teen-aged boy on his way home from school.
(d) The owner of the dry goods store.

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

9. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?
(a) Liquor and music.
(b) Spooky stories and kooky riddles.
(c) Bobby is a great cook, and Drew cleans up afterwards.
(d) They gather the firewood.

10. Which of the four men going on the canoe trip is very social and well-liked by most people?
(a) Ed.
(b) Drew.
(c) Bobby.
(d) Lewis.

11. What does Ed like to do for his friends?
(a) Make collages.
(b) Give them a handicap when they play golf.
(c) Take them for a drink on their birthdays.
(d) Play practical jokes.

12. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?
(a) He fears his marriage is coming apart.
(b) He wishes he'd not fired a talented artist.
(c) He is afraid something bad will happen on the trip.
(d) He feels that what he does is inconsequential.

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

14. What does Ed's wife ask him before his departure on the canoe trip?
(a) Whether the photo shoot the day before went well.
(b) If he really wants to go.
(c) Why he agreed to such a crazy trip.
(d) Whether he's up to the physical stress of canoeing.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what businesses does the graphics studio mostly cater ?

2. Which of the four men on the canoe trip is a straightforward quiet fellow?

3. When does Lewis say the men should meet for their canoe trip?

4. What does the blue light of the Kitt's photo shoot remind Ed of?

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

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