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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the locals who accosted Bobby and Ed with a gun do to Bobby?
(a) He sodomizes him.
(b) He scares him by shooting, and a bullet grazes Bobby's hair.
(c) He shoves a fist into Bobby's face.
(d) He hits him with the butt of his rifle.

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

3. What does the sheriff plan to do based on his last conversation with Ed before Ed and Bobby return home?
(a) Take a long, well-deserved holiday.
(b) Find out the identity of the third man with the Griner brothers.
(c) Make sure his deputy doesn't bother Ed and Bobby again.
(d) Check out the river one last time for Drew's body.

4. While hunting the first morning of the canoe trip, why does Ed miss the buck at which he shoots?
(a) He gets buck fever.
(b) He does everythng right, but the buck moves.
(c) A branch knocks the bow to one side.
(d) He lifts his bow hand, as he releases his arrow.

5. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?
(a) The rope coiled on top of everythng.
(b) The sofa pillows; they have a pillow fight.
(c) A knife.
(d) His bow and arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. Alone in his office after the canoe trip was proposed, how does Ed get past his depression?

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

3. Why doesn't Deputy Queen believe Ed's story?

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

5. In the After section, when Ed and Bobby ask, what do some children explain is happening not far from the river?

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