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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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) He has no suggestions; it's Ed's business to know what sells.
(d) A nude model holding a pair of panties.

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

5. What does Drew Ballinger wish to bring on the canoe trip?
(a) A waterproof camera.
(b) Plenty of liquor.
(c) Survival gear.
(d) A Martin guitar.

6. What enables Lewis to live life on his terms?
(a) Self-determination.
(b) Lack of family.
(c) He has a subconscious death wish.
(d) He owns an insurance business.

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

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

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

10. 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 are difficult with whom it is difficult to get along.
(d) Men who take orders well.

11. 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) His own death.
(d) The day Ed finally comes around to his way of thinking.

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

13. When does Lewis say the men should meet for their canoe trip?
(a) Late Thursday so they can get to Oree before dark.
(b) Saturday around noon.
(c) He'll call them when the time is arranged.
(d) Early Friday morning.

14. 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 wishes he'd not fired a talented artist.
(d) He fears his marriage is coming apart.

15. On the way to Oree, where does the group have breakfast?
(a) They eat rolls as they drive.
(b) In a little town named Seluca.
(c) They wait until they reach Oree.
(d) To save time, they ate before leaving home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Drew do after he and Lonnie play a duet?

2. Which employees of the graphics studio does the owner feel most sorry for?

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

4. What memory does the sight of a red-and-white drive-in reawaken in Ed as he and Lewis drive past it?

5. What kind of pictures does Ed think resulted from the Kitt's photo shoot?

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