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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through September 14th.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the four men on the canoe trip is a straightforward quiet fellow?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Lewis.
(c) Ed.
(d) Drew.

2. What wakes Ed the morning he is to depart on the canoe trip?
(a) Martha, his wife.
(b) His eagerness to get going.
(c) The alarm clock he set the night before.
(d) The sound of the wind.

3. What does Lewis think of people living in the rural South?
(a) He thinks they are lacking ambition.
(b) They are good people but clannish.
(c) He dislikes them intensely.
(d) He doesn't think of them one way or another.

4. What is Ed most proud of about his business?
(a) Business is increasing rapidly.
(b) The clients are important local businesses.
(c) It is a refuge from life.
(d) He and Thad created it.

5. At lunch, discussing the canoe trip, why does the trip organizer suggest the men take the trip now?
(a) It will soon be winter and too cold.
(b) The river is going to be dammed, and the area will flood.
(c) Ed's business schedule will only allow it this week.
(d) The water level will be too low later.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following sports is the only one Lewis did not learn?

2. What does Bobby Trippe want to bring on the canoe trip?

3. How do Ed and Drew get through their first whitewater on the trip?

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

5. Prior to the trip, which of the four men is the only one having experience with a canoe?

(see the answer key)

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