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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the Highway Patrolman react to the made-up story?
(a) He immediately sees flaws in the story.
(b) He calls another patrolman over to see what he thinks.
(c) He seems to go along with it.
(d) He says everyone is innocent until proved guilty.

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

3. How does Lewis react to having killed a man?
(a) He examines the man and kicks his dead body.
(b) It doesn't seem to bother him.
(c) He loses his breakfast.
(d) He shuts himself away from the others.

4. How does Ed know he shot the man he and Bobby met earlier?
(a) He finds false teeth in the man's pocket.
(b) The man is wearing the same clothes as in the earlier meeting.
(c) He recognizes a scar on the man's right cheek.
(d) He doesn't know for sure.

5. After falling in the river on the second day of the trip, how does Ed get through the whitewater?
(a) He body-surfs and floats.
(b) He grabs one end of the canoe.
(c) He grabs a tree limb and holds on to it.
(d) He gets through by luck alone.

6. 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 breaks his paddle on a submerged rock.
(c) He isn't able to keep the canoe in the center of the river.
(d) What appears to be a puff of wind snatches at his hair.

7. What does Ed notice about Lewis when they stop for a swim?
(a) A small scar on his back that Ed has never seen before.
(b) His magnificant physique.
(c) Lewis seems sick.
(d) Lewis is worried and trying to hide it.

8. How much hunting experience does Ed have?
(a) A couple of years hunting with buddies without success.
(b) He's hunted most of his life.
(c) None, he has never hunted before.
(d) No experience hunting deer, but he has hunted other animals.

9. What does Lewis tell Ed when Ed goes into the river to pull him out of the water after Bobby's and his canoe overturned?
(a) That the canoes are lost to the group.
(b) That he saw one of their attackers in the woods.
(c) That his leg is broken.
(d) That all their supplies were dumped into the river.

10. In the September 16 section, after calling his wife, what does Ed do next?
(a) He gets a room, has dinner and a shower, and goes to sleep.
(b) He finds Bobby and the two of them get drunk.
(c) He goes to Bobby's room where the two of them just talk.
(d) He goes back to the hospital to check on Lewis.

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

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

13. How does Ed get up the cliff?
(a) He uses his hands and feet to climb the surface of the cliff.
(b) He uses the rope to relay from one rock to another.
(c) He crawls along switchbacks.
(d) The climb is surprisingly easy.

14. Which man shoots first when the shooter at the top of the cliff sees Ed preparing to shoot him?
(a) In the confusion, it's impossible to tell.
(b) They both shoot at the same time.
(c) The man with the rifle shoots first, causing Ed's bow to release.
(d) Ed shoots first, but the shooter's rifle discharges also.

15. Which members of the group get through the rapids generally unhurt?
(a) Ed and Bobby.
(b) Lewis and Bobby.
(c) Ed and Drew.
(d) Ed and Lewis.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ed finally arrives at the hospital, what happens first?

2. Why doesn't the shooter kill Ed while he's in the river retrieving the overturned aluminum canoe?

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

4. What do Ed and Bobby do with their friend Drew's body when they find it?

5. Why don't the men stop at the first opportunity when their canoe reaches civilization?

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