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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 finds false teeth in the man's pocket.
(d) He doesn't know for sure.

2. 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 give their friend a decent burial.
(c) Lewis is so sick, they must leave immediately.
(d) They bury it in the river, using rocks to make it sink.

3. Why do the men shift some gear to a different canoe on the second day, September 15?
(a) To have a little of everything in each canoe in case one tips.
(b) To equalize the load.
(c) Because Bobby complains.
(d) Because Bobby can't handle a normal load.

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

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

6. What does Ed notice in the middle of the night as he rests in the crevice of the cliff he's climbing?
(a) The river and the view.
(b) How the blackness makes everything disappear from view.
(c) An owl circling like a portent of death.
(d) Slippery moss covering the rocks he must climb.

7. 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 place where he can get away quickly if he misses.
(c) The place the shooter least expects him to be.
(d) A gut feeling of rightness.

8. 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 reflects a mirror off the aluminum canoe's side.
(c) He throws the rifle into the water ahead of the canoe.
(d) He yells loudly.

9. 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) The second canoe.
(b) The rifle the shooter used stuck on a rock.
(c) Drew's body.
(d) Some of their equipment.

10. What does Ed believe the unknown shooter's next move will be?
(a) He'll try to kill the rest of the group the next day.
(b) He'll shoot holes in the canoe, so they can't go farther.
(c) He'll sneak into their camp at night and kill them.
(d) He'll force them into the woods where they will get lost and die.

11. 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) The fog in the draw will conceal him from the deer.
(d) Deer usually are found in low-lying areas.

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

13. 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.

14. 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 becomes so traumatized that he refuses to go further.
(c) Lewis has a broken leg.
(d) Bobby is suffering from hypothermia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the September 16 section, what does Ed ask of his wife when he calls her?

2. When the doctor wants Ed to stay overnight at the hospital, what does Ed do?

3. What does Drew want to do with the body of the man Lewis killed?

4. 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?

5. What does Lewis say when Ed returns to camp and tells him he missed a buck?

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