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

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

3. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?

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

5. When Ed and Lewis arrive at the Griner brother's garage, what happens to one of the brothers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What problem does Drew Ballinger's son have?

2. Why does Lewis take the lead in the search for the river instead of following the Griner brothers?

3. On the second day of the trip, how is Ed swift enough to reach the shotgun first when the man holding it is shot?

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

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

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

7. Preparing to kill their attacker, why does Ed think he may not be capable of actually killing another human being?

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

9. Why does Lewis say the Griner brothers won't just take the money and not deliver the cars to Aintry?

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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Which event do you think is the one single event that reveals the theme of the story? There are several possibilities, but you are only allowed to choose one. Tell why you think the event you choose is the single most revealing event. Tell how the story changes if that event is eliminated.

Essay Topic 3

Sports are associated with competition and are a way of improving one's self. Discuss the various sports Ed and Lewis trained for and had experience in before the novel begins and how those skills come in handy during the events of the trip. Discuss how things might have turned out if neither man possessed those particular skills. If they had no such skills, would the men have survived? If your answer is no, explain the difference their survival skills make. If your answer is "y es," explain how they might have survived.

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