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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. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?
(a) In the kitchen getting a glass of milk.
(b) In the kitchen with his mother.
(c) Hiding behind the equipment in the living room.
(d) Outside, watching for Lewis to arrive.

2. What one thing do all three men invited for the canoe trip share?
(a) All are unhappily married.
(b) All work for the same company.
(c) None like Lewis.
(d) All are suburban, middle-class men.

3. In the Before section, what does the graphics studio client think will best sell his Kitt's product?
(a) A model with a kitten pulling off her panties.
(b) He has no suggestions; it's Ed's business to know what sells.
(c) A comic strip character.
(d) A nude model holding a pair of panties.

4. What wakes Ed the morning he is to depart on the canoe trip?
(a) His eagerness to get going.
(b) The alarm clock he set the night before.
(c) Martha, his wife.
(d) The sound of the wind.

5. What does the Griner brother ask Lewis after being asked to drive the cars to Aintry?
(a) Why they are bothering him.
(b) Why their cars need to be driven to Aintry.
(c) What's the most he is willing to pay each of them.
(d) Who sent them to see him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the dam being built that will turn part of the Cahulawassee River into a lake?

3. When does Lewis say the men should meet for their canoe trip?

4. What does the Kitt's model wear for Ed's photo shoot?

5. What kind of musical instrument does the albino boy, Lonnie, play?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Ed and Bobby paired in the canoe on the second day of the canoe trip instead of Ed and Drew, as happened the first day?

2. Why does a strange noise bother Ed during the first night of the trip?

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

4. Why does Lewis take the lead in the search for the river instead of following the Griner brothers?

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

6. 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?

7. After getting back down the cliff, why is Ed enraged with Bobby for doing exactly what Ed expected him to do?

8. When no body has been found after he first day of dragging the river, why doesn't Ed return the next day when the search for the body will continue?

9. At the luncheon, of what does Lewis' mention of his bow make Bobby think?

10. Why does Ed choose to bury the dead attacker instead of telling the authorities what happened?

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