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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis want to do with the body of the man he killed?
(a) Leave it as a warning for the other man.
(b) Bury it where no one will ever find it.
(c) Sink it in the river and weight it with rocks.
(d) Take it to the authorities and say they found it in the woods.

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

3. Why don't the men stop at the first opportunity when their canoe reaches civilization?
(a) Bobby wants to wait until they reach a town.
(b) Ed makes sure they stop where they can get help for Lewis.
(c) They need a sandy area to beach the canoe.
(d) Ed fears they may run into the attacker's friends.

4. What does Ed see as the one thing they can use to their advantage against the man trying to kill them?
(a) The shooter thinks they died when the canoes tipped over.
(b) They have a rifle.
(c) The shooter doesn't think they can get at him on the cliff.
(d) The shooter doesn't realize they are familiar with the area.

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

6. What guides Ed's choice of location from which to shoot their attacker?
(a) A place he can hide and still have a clear downward shot.
(b) A gut feeling of rightness.
(c) The place the shooter least expects him to be.
(d) A place where he can get away quickly if he misses.

7. What does Ed do first after reaching the top of the cliff?
(a) He looks around to see if the killer is nearby.
(b) He checks his equipment.
(c) He looks back down at the river.
(d) He closes his eyes and rests a moment.

8. What do Ed and Bobby do with their friend Drew's body when they find it?
(a) They put it in the canoe to bring home to his wife.
(b) They bury it in the river, using rocks to make it sink.
(c) They give their friend a decent burial.
(d) Lewis is so sick, they must leave immediately.

9. 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.

10. What does Ed do when the ambulance arrives for Lewis?
(a) He directs them to Lewis who's in worse shape than he is.
(b) Gratefully, he accepts their treatment of his wound.
(c) He runs to meet it and direct it to the river.
(d) He helps the ambulance crew carry Lewis.

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

12. What conclusion do the men come to after examining Drew's body?
(a) That he died waiting for them to catch up with him.
(b) That he left a note for his wife saying he loves her.
(c) That he died instantly.
(d) That he may not have been killed by a bullet.

13. How does Ed explain his wound to the doctor who treats him?
(a) He says he fell on his knife.
(b) He comes up with a story that is part fact, part fiction.
(c) The doctor isn't suspicious, so he says nothing.
(d) He convinces the doctor he was hurt in the rapids.

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

15. In the September 15 section, the first morning, why does Ed hunt in the draw?
(a) The surrounding hills are too steep to climb.
(b) He can always find his way back to the camp.
(c) Deer usually are found in low-lying areas.
(d) The fog in the draw will conceal him from the deer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the men shift some gear to a different canoe on the second day, September 15?

3. How does Ed get up the cliff?

4. What does Lewis tell Ed that he must do if they are to survive the canoe trip?

5. What does Ed do with the body of the dead shooter?

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