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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the first day of the canoe trip, for what does Lewis tell Ed he wants to be ready?
(a) The day the human race finally finds peace.
(b) The day Ed finally comes around to his way of thinking.
(c) His own death.
(d) When the machines and political systems fail.

2. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?
(a) He doesn't like it because it's a recurved bow.
(b) The pull is too light; it might not kill a deer.
(c) It's losing glass.
(d) He thinks it will do in a pinch.

3. What about the model in Ed's photo shoot attracts him the most?
(a) Her long legs; he likes women with long legs.
(b) The way she acts as if she finds him attractive.
(c) The way she stands, like royalty.
(d) A gold mote in one of her eyes.

4. Alone in his office after the canoe trip was proposed, how does Ed get past his depression?
(a) He talks himself out of it.
(b) He gets to work on the day's photo shoot.
(c) He uses deep breathing techniques.
(d) He doesn't; it plagues him for the rest of the day.

5. Where is the dam being built that will turn part of the Cahulawassee River into a lake?
(a) Aintry.
(b) Oree.
(c) A few miles south of Atlanta.
(d) Where the river exits Lake Bodie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?

2. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?

3. What does Drew Ballinger wish to bring on the canoe trip?

4. In what season do the men take their canoe trip?

5. What had Ed found attractive about his wife when they first met?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the rape and the disposal of the body, how does Ed feel when he hears the worst whitewater of the trip ahead of them?

2. Why is the sheriff in Aintry more sympathetic to the men than his deputy is?

3. From where does Bobby Trippe come?

4. From where does Ed think the model in the photo shoot is?

5. In the After section, why does Ed go to Bobby's room at Biddiford's?

6. On the morning of the second day of the canoe trip, why does Ed miss the buck both times he shoots at him?

7. Who does Ed believe is Lewis' best friend?

8. While climbing the cliff after their attacker, how does Ed develop the necessary skills to overcome his lack of climbing ability?

9. How does Ed react to the eventual filling in of the dammed area of the river?

10. When the locals arrive with a gun while Ed and Bobby are resting, what does Ed think is the reason for their accosting Bobby and him?

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