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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. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?
(a) Lewis Medlock.
(b) Drew Ballinger.
(c) Ed Gentry.
(d) Bobby Trippe.

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

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

4. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?
(a) He doesn't like it because it's a recurved bow.
(b) It's losing glass.
(c) The pull is too light; it might not kill a deer.
(d) He thinks it will do in a pinch.

5. In what season do the men take their canoe trip?
(a) Spring, when the river level is high.
(b) Early winter, just before freeze-up.
(c) Summer.
(d) Early autumn.

Short Answer Questions

1. What memory does the sight of a red-and-white drive-in reawaken in Ed as he and Lewis drive past it?

2. What enables Lewis to live life on his terms?

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. For what disaster have Lewis and his wife prepared?

Short Essay Questions

1. On the cliff, waiting for their attacker to arrive, why is Ed good at guessing what the attacker will do when he arrives?

2. After shooting their attacker, why does Ed track him even though he himself has been wounded?

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

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

5. Why does the Aintry sheriff's deputy react so negatively to the men's story?

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

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

8. What's the significance of the owl hunting from Ed's tent the first night?

9. At the luncheon, why does Ed think Bobby and Drew won't take the canoe trip?

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

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