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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of the river must the survivors get through before reaching civilization?
(a) Some very serious rapids.
(b) A stretch that's home to a nest of water snakes.
(c) A gauntlet of angry, gun-toting locals.
(d) A shallow, rocky stretch that must be portaged.

2. What does Lewis tell Ed that he must do if they are to survive the canoe trip?
(a) Kill their attacker.
(b) Get help.
(c) That he believes in Ed's ability to get them out alive.
(d) Come at their attacker from behind.

3. What change has come about with Lewis while Ed was dealing with the shooter?
(a) He's unconscious and unresponsive.
(b) He's now vomiting and pale as death.
(c) He's still in pain but manages to praise Ed's shooting.
(d) He's recovered enough to ask Ed what happened.

4. What does Ed tell Bobby they must do about the man trying to kill them?
(a) Take their chances with the shooter on the river the next day.
(b) Stay with Lewis and wait for help to arrive.
(c) Kill the man who's trying to kill them.
(d) Take the canoe through the gorge under cover of darkness.

5. How does Ed attract Bobby's attention from the top of the cliff as Bobby paddles the canoe down the river?
(a) He waves and jumps up and down.
(b) He throws the rifle into the water ahead of the canoe.
(c) He reflects a mirror off the aluminum canoe's side.
(d) He yells loudly.

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

7. What does the man who hurt Bobby do after he is shot?
(a) He accuses his companion of shooting him.
(b) He tries to pull the arrow out of his chest.
(c) He turns on Ed and attacks him.
(d) He puts up his hands in defeat.

8. How do the men cool down when they stop for a while during their second day on the river?
(a) They rest and let the current do the work.
(b) They take a rest on the bank and drink beer.
(c) They go for a swim in the river.
(d) They spray water on each other with the canoe paddles.

9. When the doctor wants Ed to stay overnight at the hospital, what does Ed do?
(a) He goes to see Lewis and make sure he's going to live.
(b) He leaves the hospital, picks up the cars, and calls his wife.
(c) He leaves and finds a bar where he gets drunk.
(d) He finds Bobby to make sure their stories match.

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

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

12. Why doesn't Lewis kill the man as soon as he and Drew arrive where Bobby and Ed are being held at gunpoint?
(a) He waited for the perfect shot.
(b) He had to wait until the gun wasn't pointed at Bobby or Ed.
(c) It took time to string a bow quietly.
(d) He had to return to the canoe for his bow and arrows.

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

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

15. On the second day of the trip, what does Ed do while Bobby cares for Lewis after Ed drags his friend out of the river?
(a) He searches for a limb with which to make a splint for Lewis.
(b) He retrieves the aluminum canoe and a paddle.
(c) He finds the gear that spilled from the canoes.
(d) He looks for the man Lewis said shot Drew.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What happens to Drew as the men are going through whitewater after burying the body of the man Lewis shot?

3. What does Ed believe the unknown shooter's next move will be?

4. What new complication turns one member of the group into a liability after both canoes overturn?

5. How does Ed get up the cliff?

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