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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 and his wife had a fight that morning.
(c) He feels his life is ordinary.
(d) He's afraid he won't live up to Lewis' expectations of him.

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

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

5. What kind of pictures does Ed think resulted from the Kitt's photo shoot?
(a) Better pictures than ever before.
(b) Nothing that can be used.
(c) Some good stuff.
(d) Good enough to satisfy the client, though not professional.

6. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?
(a) The sofa pillows; they have a pillow fight.
(b) The rope coiled on top of everythng.
(c) His bow and arrows.
(d) A knife.

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

8. 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) They gather the firewood.
(d) Bobby is a great cook, and Drew cleans up afterwards.

9. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?
(a) Bobby Trippe.
(b) Ed Gentry.
(c) Lewis Medlock.
(d) Drew Ballinger.

10. 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 got directions at the filling station.
(d) He can see the trees beside the river in the distance.

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

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

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

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

15. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?
(a) In the kitchen with his mother.
(b) Hiding behind the equipment in the living room.
(c) Outside, watching for Lewis to arrive.
(d) In the kitchen getting a glass of milk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Kitt's model wear for Ed's photo shoot?

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

3. While driving to Oree, what does Ed tell Lewis about himself?

4. On the first day of the canoe trip, for what does Lewis tell Ed he wants to be ready?

5. What does the Griner brother ask Lewis after being asked to drive the cars to Aintry?

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