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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens to Drew as the men are going through whitewater after burying the body of the man Lewis shot?
(a) He puts the canoe into the worst stretch of whitewater.
(b) He isn't able to keep the canoe in the center of the river.
(c) What appears to be a puff of wind snatches at his hair.
(d) He breaks his paddle on a submerged rock.

2. In the September 16 section, after disposing of the shooter's body, what do the men find as they continue on down the river?
(a) Drew's body.
(b) The second canoe.
(c) The rifle the shooter used stuck on a rock.
(d) Some of their equipment.

3. In the September 16 section, what does Ed ask of his wife when he calls her?
(a) That she come and bring him home.
(b) That she come and help because she's a nurse.
(c) That she not tell Drew's wife that Drew is dead.
(d) That she prepare their son for his father's wound.

4. What do Bobby and Ed do with the shooter's body?
(a) They scoop sand from the beach and cover it.
(b) They bury it beside a small stream among deep brush.
(c) They sink it in the river, weighted down with rocks.
(d) They leave it on the beach for rising water to take.

5. For what kind of help does Ed ask?
(a) A stretcher for Lewis.
(b) An ambulance and the Highway Patrol.
(c) Someone who knows first aid to help Lewis.
(d) A phone, so he can call for help.

6. After burying the body of the man Lewis shot, why does Bobby go in a canoe with Lewis and Drew go in a canoe with Ed?
(a) To get the best combinations to move as quickly as possible.
(b) After arguing, Drew doesn't want to go with Lewis.
(c) Bobby is useless, so Lewis volunteers to take him.
(d) Bobby needs the emotional support Lewis can provide.

7. What causes the wound in Ed's side after he shoots the man trying to kill him?
(a) One of his own arrows.
(b) The shooter's shot grazes him.
(c) A rock from his climb that he hasn't noticed until now.
(d) A tree branch pierces his side as he falls to the ground.

8. After the local man who hurt Bobby is done, and the other man turns to Ed, what happens?
(a) Bobby lunges towards the man with the gun.
(b) An arrow goes through the chest of the man who hurt Bobby.
(c) Bobby grabs the gun, and the men run away.
(d) Ed and Bobby together make a concerted attack on the men.

9. In the September 16th section, how does Ed discover the location of the shooter who has disappeared?
(a) He hears the shooter crashing through the forest.
(b) He remains hiding until the shooter reappears.
(c) He looks over the cliff and sees the shooter's body.
(d) He follows the shooter's blood trail.

10. What does Ed do with the body of the dead shooter?
(a) He leaves it to be disposed of by the animals.
(b) He hides it under brush and leaves.
(c) He throws it over the cliff.
(d) He lowers it down the cliff with a rope.

11. After the trip, how does Ed divert suspicion from them?
(a) By asking for a search party to find Drew.
(b) By pretending there had only been three of them on the trip.
(c) By saying a falling boulder hit and killed Drew in the gorge.
(d) By pointing the authorities to the wrong part of the river.

12. When Ed finally arrives at the hospital, what happens first?
(a) Ed follows Lewis into the Emergency Room.
(b) A doctor calls the police to report a suspicious wound.
(c) A doctor treats his wounds.
(d) Ed makes sure Lewis is being cared for properly.

13. How does Ed get the group's cars after leaving the hospital?
(a) He goes to the motel where the Griner Brothers dropped them off.
(b) He goes all the way back to Oree to get them.
(c) He goes to the gas station where they were dropped off.
(d) He goes to the police station where the Highway Patrol brought them.

14. Why doesn't the shooter kill Ed while he's in the river retrieving the overturned aluminum canoe?
(a) He believes the entire group died in the rapids.
(b) He can't see Ed, who is swimming underwater.
(c) The canoe hides Ed from anyone watching from above.
(d) The whitewater is too swift.

15. What ruins the perfect shot Ed has at the shooter at the top of the cliff?
(a) The shooter moves.
(b) Ed's too anxious, as when he'd missed the buck earlier.
(c) Ed's arm cramps from holding the drawn bowstring too long.
(d) A breeze springs up and sways the tree Ed is in.

Short Answer Questions

1. Once at the top of the cliff, how does Ed determine the shooter's next course of action?

2. What does Ed notice in the middle of the night as he rests in the crevice of the cliff he's climbing?

3. How does Ed explain his wound to the doctor who treats him?

4. Where do the men decide to bury the body of the man Lewis shot?

5. What guides Ed's choice of location from which to shoot their attacker?

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