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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Lewis arrives to begin the canoe trip, what does Ed's wife do to make Ed feel better?
(a) She makes love to him.
(b) She tells him he doesn't have to make the trip.
(c) She tells him he'll enjoy the trip.
(d) She makes sure he has everything he needs.

2. in the Before section, Ed Gentry is depressed after lunch because...
(a) He doesn't like the presentation on which he's working.
(b) He feels his life is ordinary.
(c) He's afraid he won't live up to Lewis' expectations of him.
(d) He and his wife had a fight that morning.

3. What tempts Ed to pull out of the canoe trip at the last minute?
(a) He has no experience with white-water canoeing.
(b) He wants to go golfing.
(c) He has an unexpected premonition of danger.
(d) The thought of snakes, insects, and twigs.

4. What does Ed always notice about people in the rural South?
(a) Dandruff.
(b) How slowly and deliberately they move.
(c) The number of missing fingers.
(d) A kind of charm that settles about them like fireflies.

5. What kind of business does Ed Gentry own with a partner?
(a) An accounting firm.
(b) He's the sole owner of a tax business.
(c) A graphics design firm.
(d) None, he recently sold his half of the business.

Short Answer Questions

1. What one good thing had Holley done that remains at the graphics business?

2. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?

3. What does Ed do when the owl hunts from the pole of his tent?

4. What is Ed most proud of about his business?

5. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?

(see the answer key)

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