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

2. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?
(a) Spooky stories and kooky riddles.
(b) They gather the firewood.
(c) Liquor and music.
(d) Bobby is a great cook, and Drew cleans up afterwards.

3. Why does Lewis tell Ed the story of his lost friend before taking the canoe trip?
(a) To illustrate the danger of the rural areas along the river.
(b) To illustrate the values of rural Southerners.
(c) He is bragging.
(d) As a way of passing along survival skills to his friend.

4. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?
(a) He fears his marriage is coming apart.
(b) He feels that what he does is inconsequential.
(c) He is afraid something bad will happen on the trip.
(d) He wishes he'd not fired a talented artist.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What people surround Ed as he walks back to work from having lunch with the other men?

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

4. Prior to the trip, which of the four men is the only one having experience with a canoe?

5. What does Bobby Trippe want to bring on the canoe trip?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Ed feel upon learning that Drew was shot?

3. Describe the mood that comes over Ed when he returns to his office and is alone with his thoughts.

4. Describe the map of the Cuhulawsassee River that Lewis shows to the men at the luncheon before the canoe trip.

5. What argument does Lewis use at the luncheon to convince the other men to take the trip now?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. 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?

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