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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what disaster have Lewis and his wife prepared?
(a) An atom bomb falling on the USA.
(b) A tornado.
(c) A run on the banks; he has gold hidden on his property.
(d) A hurricane.

2. What had Ed found attractive about his wife when they first met?
(a) He's an artist, and she was a beautiful model.
(b) They shared the same interests.
(c) Her genuine spark of personal connection.
(d) Everything about her.

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

4. 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 is cut and bleeding.
(c) He stumbles over an anvil on his way to greet the men.
(d) He barely misses being hit by a bullet when he drops his rifle.

5. 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.

6. Which of the following sports is the only one Lewis did not learn?
(a) Golf.
(b) Archery.
(c) Weightlifting.
(d) Spelunking.

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

8. What kind of men work at the graphics studio?
(a) Men who failed elsewhere due to lack of talent.
(b) Men who take orders well.
(c) Men who are difficult with whom it is difficult to get along.
(d) Men who'd tried it in New York and returned to the South.

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

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

11. What does Bobby Trippe want to bring on the canoe trip?
(a) Liquor.
(b) A gun for protection.
(c) Archery equipment.
(d) An extra first-aid kit.

12. What tempts Ed to pull out of the canoe trip at the last minute?
(a) He wants to go golfing.
(b) The thought of snakes, insects, and twigs.
(c) He has no experience with white-water canoeing.
(d) He has an unexpected premonition of danger.

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

14. What about the model in Ed's photo shoot attracts him the most?
(a) Her long legs; he likes women with long legs.
(b) A gold mote in one of her eyes.
(c) The way she stands, like royalty.
(d) The way she acts as if she finds him attractive.

15. What does the Griner brother ask Lewis after being asked to drive the cars to Aintry?
(a) Who sent them to see him.
(b) Why they are bothering him.
(c) What's the most he is willing to pay each of them.
(d) Why their cars need to be driven to Aintry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?

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

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

4. What kind of business does Ed Gentry own with a partner?

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

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