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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. What does Drew do after he and Lonnie play a duet?
(a) He offers Lonnie a chance to play in the city.
(b) He turns away in embarrassment because he played poorly.
(c) He gets Lonnie's name and address to look him up later.
(d) He laughs for the sheer joy of having made music.

2. What do the men find in the river on the first day of the canoe trip?
(a) A boat that must have drifted away from its moorings.
(b) Chicken feathers.
(c) Logs from a logging operation.
(d) Snakes.

3. On the way to Oree, where does the group have breakfast?
(a) They wait until they reach Oree.
(b) To save time, they ate before leaving home.
(c) They eat rolls as they drive.
(d) In a little town named Seluca.

4. Which of the following sports is the only one Lewis did not learn?
(a) Archery.
(b) Weightlifting.
(c) Golf.
(d) Spelunking.

5. In the story Lewis tells Ed while they are driving to Oree, what happened when his friend was lost?
(a) Lewis finds his friend by following his trail.
(b) His friend makes his way to civilization with a broken arm.
(c) The friend eats nuts and berries until a search party arrives.
(d) A rural Southerner goes out and finds him in the night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do Ed and Drew get through their first whitewater on the trip?

2. What does Lewis think of people living in the rural South?

3. in the Before section, Ed Gentry is depressed after lunch because...

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

5. On the first day of the canoe trip, for what does Lewis tell Ed he wants to be ready?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does the discovery of Drew's body change the dynamics of the situation?

3. What problem does Drew Ballinger's son have?

4. After the canoe trip, why is Ed not sorry when Bobby disappears from his life, even though, before the trip, he enjoyed knowing him?

5. As Lewis and Ed drive to Oree, how does Lewis describe the lifestyle of the people in the hill country?

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

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

8. 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?

9. Why does Ed react badly when he goes to the hospital to talk to Lewis and sees patrol cars out front?

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

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