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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Ed finally arrives at the hospital, what happens first?
2. After the trip, how does Ed divert suspicion from them?
3. Why don't the men stop at the first opportunity when their canoe reaches civilization?
4. In the September 16 section, after disposing of the shooter's body, what do the men find as they continue on down the river?
5. In the September 15 section, in the river after their swim, why do Bobby and Ed get ahead of the others?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of the sheriff to the story. How does he differ from the rural Southerners the main characters met during their canoe trip? What about his actions and conversations point out those differences? How does the author use him to symbolize a type of Southerner that is neither the typical suburbanite represented by the main characters nor the rural Southerners who attacked them. Cite other examples of Southerners met briefly on the canoe trip who may fit this third character type.
Essay Topic 2
Survival is a recurring theme in the novel. Discuss at least three times in the novel in which a scene or event pivots on the concept of survival. One such scene might be Lewis explaining his preparing to survive an atomic attack, but there are others. Discuss the author's use of the theme of survival both before and during the canoe trip.
Essay Topic 3
Ed Gentry, Lewis Medlock, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger are the four main characters in the book. They are alike in some ways, different in others.
1) Compare and contrast the characters of Ed and Lewis. How are they the same? How are they different? Tell why you think these differences exist.
2) What do you think would happen if Bobby Trippe and Drew Ballinger had not existed? Would the story still follow much the same path? What might be different if one or the other of these two men had not existed? Explain your answer.
3) Who is the better leader, Lewis or Ed? Why do you think this? Cite specific incidents from the story to support your case.
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