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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In the Before section, what does the graphics studio client think will best sell his Kitt's product?
(a) A nude model holding a pair of panties.
(b) He has no suggestions; it's Ed's business to know what sells.
(c) A comic strip character.
(d) A model with a kitten pulling off her panties.

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

5. While in Oree, what animal(s) does Ed wonder about getting a chance to hunt?
(a) Wolverines.
(b) A ten-point buck.
(c) Raccoons.
(d) Bears and wild hogs.

6. When Ed and Lewis arrive at the Griner brother's garage, what happens to one of the brothers?
(a) He misjudges an anvil swing and breaks a truck wheel.
(b) He stumbles over an anvil on his way to greet the men.
(c) He is cut and bleeding.
(d) He barely misses being hit by a bullet when he drops his rifle.

7. To what businesses does the graphics studio mostly cater ?
(a) Contract work for Chicago and New York agencies.
(b) The local chamber of commerce.
(c) Small local accounts.
(d) Local artists wishing for more exposure.

8. On the first day of the canoe trip, for what does Lewis tell Ed he wants to be ready?
(a) When the machines and political systems fail.
(b) The day the human race finally finds peace.
(c) The day Ed finally comes around to his way of thinking.
(d) His own death.

9. What does the Kitt's model wear for Ed's photo shoot?
(a) She's fully clothed.
(b) Panties and a bra.
(c) Nothing, she is nude.
(d) Panties.

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

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

12. 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.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Ed always notice about people in the rural South?

3. What about the model in Ed's photo shoot attracts him the most?

4. The first day of the canoe trip, which canoe first experiences difficulties and ends up going sideways?

5. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?

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