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

2. What does Ed think about the Kitt's model when he first sees her?
(a) He's disappointed because she's a farm girl.
(b) He's pleased with her legs.
(c) She's thinner than he likes for this job.
(d) She's healthy and tomboyish.

3. Alone in his office after the canoe trip was proposed, how does Ed get past his depression?
(a) He uses deep breathing techniques.
(b) He doesn't; it plagues him for the rest of the day.
(c) He gets to work on the day's photo shoot.
(d) He talks himself out of it.

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

5. What kind of men work at the graphics studio?
(a) Men who are difficult with whom it is difficult to get along.
(b) Men who failed elsewhere due to lack of talent.
(c) Men who take orders well.
(d) Men who'd tried it in New York and returned to the South.

Short Answer Questions

1. While driving to Oree, what does Lewis tell Ed?

2. What is Ed's first impression of the Cahulawassee river?

3. Which of the four men going on the canoe trip is very social and well-liked by most people?

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

5. What does Drew Ballinger wish to bring on the canoe trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Years after the trip, why do Ed and Lewis remain friends even though the experience has affected them in different ways?

2. After finding the body of the man he shot and realizing he might have shot the wrong man, how does Ed feel?

3. Why is Ed fascinated by the map at the luncheon before the canoe trip?

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

5. How does the canoe trip change Ed's attitude towards his work?

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

7. Why does Drew want to bring his guitar on the canoe trip?

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

9. How does Drew describe the kind of music he plays the first night of the canoe trip?

10. Who does Ed believe is Lewis' best friend?

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