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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Ed do while waiting for that help to arrive?
2. In the September 16 section, how does Ed react to Bobby's not having left at daybreak as planned?
3. What change has come about with Lewis while Ed was dealing with the shooter?
4. While hunting the first morning of the canoe trip, why does Ed miss the buck at which he shoots?
5. Why doesn't the shooter kill Ed while he's in the river retrieving the overturned aluminum canoe?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
In the story, Lewis is the leader of the group although his decisions are not always the right ones. When the men search for the Cahulawassee River in order to put their canoes in and begin the journey, Lewis chooses to find the river himself rather than follow men who know the area, which results in his getting the entire group lost. Write a paper in which you discuss at least two of the following points:
1) What qualities make a person a leader?
2) Why is Lewis the leader of this particular group? Do you think he is the best man for the job? Explain your answer.
3) Once the trip is underway, do you think his decisions are good ones? Why or why not?
4) What might happen differently if one of the others is the leader of the group?
Essay Topic 3
When the men find Drew's body, they realize he may not have been killed by a gunshot after all. How does this discovery add to the plot twists and turns of the story? How does the uncertainty about the cause of Drew's death change the men's future actions? Explain how events following Drew's death are affected by the men's original belief that he was shot to death, then by the uncertainty about the cause of death. What did the author hope to accomplish with this plot twist?
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