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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lewis tell Ed after Ed pulls him from the river after his canoe overturns?
(a) That it's up to Ed to be the leader of the group.
(b) That Ed must go into the river and retrieve their supplies.
(c) That they should go on without him.
(d) That the man who shot Drew also shot at him.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where do the men decide to bury the body of the man Lewis shot?
(a) Some distance upstream in the woods.
(b) In a deep pool in the river weighted by rocks.
(c) A day's travel downriver by the river's edge.
(d) In the rapids where the river will take care of it.

8. 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 closes his eyes and rests a moment.
(c) He looks back down at the river.
(d) He checks his equipment.

9. What does Ed do while waiting for that help to arrive?
(a) He tries to relax in a comfortable chair.
(b) He tells the people in the house the agreed-upon story.
(c) He returns to the canoe to check on Lewis and Bobby.
(d) He finds a first-aid kit and brings it to the canoe.

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

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

12. How does Ed end up in the river on the second day of the trip?
(a) He reaches for Drew and misses.
(b) He tries to stablize the canoe and overcompensates.
(c) Drew falls overboard and overturns the canoe.
(d) The canoe hits a rock and breaks up.

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

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

15. What new complication turns one member of the group into a liability after both canoes overturn?
(a) Lewis hits his head and appears to be concussed.
(b) Bobby is suffering from hypothermia.
(c) Lewis has a broken leg.
(d) Bobby becomes so traumatized that he refuses to go further.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed see as the one thing they can use to their advantage against the man trying to kill them?

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

3. What does Ed notice about Lewis when they stop for a swim?

4. What change has come about with Lewis while Ed was dealing with the shooter?

5. For what kind of help does Ed ask?

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