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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Ed and Bobby do with their friend Drew's body when they find it?
(a) They put it in the canoe to bring home to his wife.
(b) They give their friend a decent burial.
(c) They bury it in the river, using rocks to make it sink.
(d) Lewis is so sick, they must leave immediately.

2. How does Ed explain his wound to the doctor who treats him?
(a) The doctor isn't suspicious, so he says nothing.
(b) He comes up with a story that is part fact, part fiction.
(c) He convinces the doctor he was hurt in the rapids.
(d) He says he fell on his knife.

3. What do Bobby and Ed do with the shooter's body?
(a) They bury it beside a small stream among deep brush.
(b) They scoop sand from the beach and cover it.
(c) They sink it in the river, weighted down with rocks.
(d) They leave it on the beach for rising water to take.

4. How do the men cool down when they stop for a while during their second day on the river?
(a) They take a rest on the bank and drink beer.
(b) They rest and let the current do the work.
(c) They spray water on each other with the canoe paddles.
(d) They go for a swim in the river.

5. Which man shoots first when the shooter at the top of the cliff sees Ed preparing to shoot him?
(a) Ed shoots first, but the shooter's rifle discharges also.
(b) In the confusion, it's impossible to tell.
(c) They both shoot at the same time.
(d) The man with the rifle shoots first, causing Ed's bow to release.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why doesn't Lewis kill the man as soon as he and Drew arrive where Bobby and Ed are being held at gunpoint?

2. On the second day of the trip, what does Ed do while Bobby cares for Lewis after Ed drags his friend out of the river?

3. In the September 16 section, after disposing of the shooter's body, what do the men find as they continue on down the river?

4. What part of the river must the survivors get through before reaching civilization?

5. What does the man who hurt Bobby do after he is shot?

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