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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What memory does the sight of a red-and-white drive-in reawaken in Ed as he and Lewis drive past it?
(a) Having lunch with his co-workers.
(b) A Christmas party where he drank too much.
(c) Stopping there with Dean after a baseball game.
(d) A time when Lewis criticized the food.

3. For what disaster have Lewis and his wife prepared?
(a) A tornado.
(b) An atom bomb falling on the USA.
(c) A run on the banks; he has gold hidden on his property.
(d) A hurricane.

4. Before Lewis arrives to pick Ed up for the canoe trip, where is Ed's son Dean?
(a) Hiding behind the equipment in the living room.
(b) In the kitchen getting a glass of milk.
(c) In the kitchen with his mother.
(d) Outside, watching for Lewis to arrive.

5. When does Lewis say the men should meet for their canoe trip?
(a) Early Friday morning.
(b) He'll call them when the time is arranged.
(c) Late Thursday so they can get to Oree before dark.
(d) Saturday around noon.

6. What one thing do all three men invited for the canoe trip share?
(a) All work for the same company.
(b) None like Lewis.
(c) All are unhappily married.
(d) All are suburban, middle-class men.

7. Who first suggests a white-water canoe trip?
(a) Ed Gentry.
(b) Drew Ballinger.
(c) Lewis Medlock.
(d) Bobby Trippe.

8. What does the Kitt's model wear for Ed's photo shoot?
(a) Panties.
(b) Nothing, she is nude.
(c) She's fully clothed.
(d) Panties and a bra.

9. Alone in his office after the luncheon during which the canoe trip was proposed, what depresses Ed?
(a) He wishes he'd not fired a talented artist.
(b) He fears his marriage is coming apart.
(c) He is afraid something bad will happen on the trip.
(d) He feels that what he does is inconsequential.

10. What does Lewis think of Ed's bow when he comes to pick him up?
(a) It's losing glass.
(b) He thinks it will do in a pinch.
(c) He doesn't like it because it's a recurved bow.
(d) The pull is too light; it might not kill a deer.

11. While driving to Oree, what does Lewis tell Ed?
(a) That he doubts he'll truly enjoy the trip.
(b) That Ed usually only does what he has to do.
(c) That Ed's the only one on the trip besides him with any brains.
(d) That nothing important ever happens in the hill country.

12. While driving to Oree, what does Ed tell Lewis about himself?
(a) That he's a get-through-the-day man.
(b) That he cares deeply about his family.
(c) That he's looking forward to the challenge of the trip.
(d) That his life has been empty for some time.

13. What kind of musical instrument does the albino boy, Lonnie, play?
(a) Spoons.
(b) A guitar.
(c) A fiddle.
(d) A banjo.

14. Which of the men invited to take the canoe trip is more than happy to agree?
(a) None of them.
(b) All of them.
(c) Ed Gentry
(d) Drew Ballinger.

15. How much does Lewis offer each Griner brother to drive their cars to Aintry?
(a) Forty dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) Twenty dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What camping equipment do Ed and Dean play with in the living room the morning Ed leaves on the canoe trip?

2. Where does Ed tell Lewis he'll go if disaster strikes?

3. What does Drew do after he and Lonnie play a duet?

4. On the first day of the canoe trip, for what does Lewis tell Ed he wants to be ready?

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

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