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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. in the Before section, Ed Gentry is depressed after lunch because...
(a) He doesn't like the presentation on which he's working.
(b) He's afraid he won't live up to Lewis' expectations of him.
(c) He and his wife had a fight that morning.
(d) He feels his life is ordinary.

2. Prior to the trip, which of the four men is the only one having experience with a canoe?
(a) Drew Ballinger.
(b) Ed Gentry.
(c) Lewis Medlock.
(d) Bobby Trippe.

3. How is the first man that the four men encounter in Oree described?
(a) A teen-aged boy on his way home from school.
(b) A man wearing a stained, gray work uniform.
(c) The owner of the dry goods store.
(d) An old man with a straw hat and work shirt.

4. What does Ed like to do for his friends?
(a) Take them for a drink on their birthdays.
(b) Make collages.
(c) Play practical jokes.
(d) Give them a handicap when they play golf.

5. What do Drew and Bobby do while Ed and Lewis talk to the Griner brothers?
(a) Buy supplies.
(b) Call the men's families to let them know they are in Oree.
(c) Find a place for the men to have lunch.
(d) Find the turn-off leading to the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ed and Lewis arrive at the Griner brother's garage, what happens to one of the brothers?

2. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?

3. Which of the four men discussing the canoe trip leads a normal, suburban life?

4. Before Lewis arrives to begin the canoe trip, what does Ed's wife do to make Ed feel better?

5. Why does Lewis think he can find the Cahulawassee River himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the sheriff keep asking questions after saying he accepts Ed's story of the accident?

2. On the second day of the canoe trip, why is Bobby's paddling so erratic?

3. After killing the attacker, how does Ed feel when he realizes that Bobby, true to form, hasn't done as he'd promised and taken Lewis to safety at first light?

4. What does a local man in Oree suggest to Drew that he do?

5. On the cliff, waiting for their attacker to arrive, why is Ed good at guessing what the attacker will do when he arrives?

6. During the luncheon before the canoe trip, what do Bobby and Drew have planned for the rest of the afternoon?

7. At the luncheon, why does Ed think Bobby and Drew won't take the canoe trip?

8. Why does Lewis say the Griner brothers won't just take the money and not deliver the cars to Aintry?

9. On the second day of the canoe trip, why does Lewis rearrange the gear to lighten Ed and Bobby's load?

10. After the rape, why does Ed side with Lewis and cast the deciding vote to hide the body instead of reporting the incident to the authorities?

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