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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through After.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Drew's widow tell Ed he should do after he tells her Drew is dead?
(a) He should never again do such a stupid thing; he'll die too.
(b) He should go back to the river and find Drew's body.
(c) He should go home and love his wife.
(d) He should find Lewis and shoot him.

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

3. How does Ed react to Deputy Queen's questions?
(a) He gets angry and says he won't put up with this shit.
(b) He grows quiet because their story is falling apart.
(c) He pretends to be too busy smoking to say anything.
(d) He walks away.

4. For what kind of help does Ed ask?
(a) A stretcher for Lewis.
(b) Someone who knows first aid to help Lewis.
(c) A phone, so he can call for help.
(d) An ambulance and the Highway Patrol.

5. Where do the men decide to bury the body of the man Lewis shot?
(a) A day's travel downriver by the river's edge.
(b) In a deep pool in the river weighted by rocks.
(c) Some distance upstream in the woods.
(d) In the rapids where the river will take care of it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Ed waits for morning atop the cliff?

2. How do the men get through the final set of rapids?

3. What change has come about with Lewis while Ed was dealing with the shooter?

4. After the local man who hurt Bobby is done, and the other man turns to Ed, what happens?

5. What do the two locals with a gun tell Bobby and Ed about the river?

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