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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first day of the canoe trip, which canoe first experiences difficulties and ends up going sideways?
(a) Ed and Drew's.
(b) Both canoes get into trouble immediately.
(c) Neither canoe has problems the first day.
(d) Lewis and Bobby's.

2. 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) The friend eats nuts and berries until a search party arrives.
(c) His friend makes his way to civilization with a broken arm.
(d) Lewis finds his friend by following his trail.

3. Which employees of the graphics studio does the owner feel most sorry for?
(a) Real artists.
(b) Talented artists who can't follow orders.
(c) Men who have squandered their talent.
(d) Men who lack the talent to rise far in their profession.

4. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?
(a) He doesn't like it because it's a recurved bow.
(b) The pull is too light; it might not kill a deer.
(c) It's losing glass.
(d) He thinks it will do in a pinch.

5. 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) In the kitchen getting a glass of milk.
(d) Outside, watching for Lewis to arrive.

6. Which of the four men on the canoe trip is a straightforward quiet fellow?
(a) Lewis.
(b) Bobby.
(c) Drew.
(d) Ed.

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

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

9. What does the Kitt's model do during the photo shoot that gives Ed a deep male thrill?
(a) She returns his stare with a stare of her own.
(b) Nothing, he simply views her as a way to sell a product.
(c) She covers her breast with her hand.
(d) She moves provocatively.

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

11. While driving to Oree, what does Ed tell Lewis about himself?
(a) That his life has been empty for some time.
(b) That he's a get-through-the-day man.
(c) That he's looking forward to the challenge of the trip.
(d) That he cares deeply about his family.

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

13. What does Ed always notice about people in the rural South?
(a) How slowly and deliberately they move.
(b) A kind of charm that settles about them like fireflies.
(c) Dandruff.
(d) The number of missing fingers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed's wife ask him before his departure on the canoe trip?

2. How much does Lewis offer each Griner brother to drive their cars to Aintry?

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

4. What is Ed looking forward to while the men are discussing the canoe trip during lunch?

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

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