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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?

2. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?

3. What wakes Ed the morning he is to depart on the canoe trip?

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

5. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ed go deer hunting on the morning of the second day of the trip?

2. Why does Ed choose to bury the dead attacker instead of telling the authorities what happened?

3. Why does Lewis decide not to chide Ed for failing to hit the buck while hunting?

4. As Lewis and Ed drive to Oree, how does Lewis describe the lifestyle of the people in the hill country?

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

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

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

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. When the locals arrive with a gun while Ed and Bobby are resting, what does Ed think is the reason for their accosting Bobby and him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

During the trip, Bobby Trippe experienced a terrible traumatic event. Discuss how this may have changed him both during the rest of the canoe trip and afterward. What kind of man was he before the trip? Do you think he is basically the same man after the trip as before? Explain your answer? How long do you think the trauma will remain a part of his personality? Why do you think this?

Essay Topic 2

Good stories follow a predictable path from beginning to end. Divide Deliverance into sections. Describe each section, and tell how each contributes to the telling of the story and to the suspense. Describe the climax. Describe the last section, and tell how you think it succeeds in wrapping up all loose ends.

Essay Topic 3

The four men who embark on the canoe trip are representative of typical suburban men of the seventies. Write a few paragraphs about the following:

1) Describe a typical suburban man of the seventies.

2) Compare and contrast that man with a typical suburban man of today. Explain the differences and similarities.

3) The story is set in the South. Would the men have differed from men from similar suburbs in the North? If so, describe what those differences would be.

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