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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 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.

2. What is Ed looking forward to while the men are discussing the canoe trip during lunch?
(a) A drink with his wife after work.
(b) Practice at the archery range.
(c) The afternoon's photo shoot.
(d) A walk through town.

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

4. What does the Kitt's model do during the photo shoot that gives Ed a deep male thrill?
(a) Nothing, he simply views her as a way to sell a product.
(b) She covers her breast with her hand.
(c) She returns his stare with a stare of her own.
(d) She moves provocatively.

5. Which employees of the graphics studio does the owner feel most sorry for?
(a) Men who have squandered their talent.
(b) Real artists.
(c) Men who lack the talent to rise far in their profession.
(d) Talented artists who can't follow orders.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The first day of the canoe trip, which canoe first experiences difficulties and ends up going sideways?

3. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?

4. What do Drew and Bobby do while Ed and Lewis talk to the Griner brothers?

5. To what businesses does the graphics studio mostly cater ?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Lewis share a canoe with Bobby when the men first enter the water?

2. Learning that Ed killed their attacker, why is Bobby surprised that Ed did what he'd set out to do?

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

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

5. How do the police in Aintry verify the truth of the stories of the men?

6. What does Ed tell his wife when she asks if he really wants to go on the canoe trip?

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

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

9. Why might Drew and the albino boy, Lonnie, become friends after the trip?

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

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