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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. On the way to Oree, where does the group have breakfast?
(a) To save time, they ate before leaving home.
(b) In a little town named Seluca.
(c) They wait until they reach Oree.
(d) They eat rolls as they drive.

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

3. What does Ed's wife ask him before his departure on the canoe trip?
(a) Whether he's up to the physical stress of canoeing.
(b) Why he agreed to such a crazy trip.
(c) Whether the photo shoot the day before went well.
(d) If he really wants to go.

4. Prior to the trip, which of the four men is the only one having experience with a canoe?
(a) Lewis Medlock.
(b) Drew Ballinger.
(c) Ed Gentry.
(d) Bobby Trippe.

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

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

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

8. What does Bobby Trippe want to bring on the canoe trip?
(a) An extra first-aid kit.
(b) A gun for protection.
(c) Liquor.
(d) Archery equipment.

9. What do Bobby and Drew contribute to the enjoyment of their first night's camp?
(a) Liquor and music.
(b) They gather the firewood.
(c) Bobby is a great cook, and Drew cleans up afterwards.
(d) Spooky stories and kooky riddles.

10. What enables Lewis to live life on his terms?
(a) Self-determination.
(b) He owns an insurance business.
(c) He has a subconscious death wish.
(d) Lack of family.

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

12. What does Ed like to do for his friends?
(a) Give them a handicap when they play golf.
(b) Play practical jokes.
(c) Make collages.
(d) Take them for a drink on their birthdays.

13. What people surround Ed as he walks back to work from having lunch with the other men?
(a) Mothers and children shopping for school supplies.
(b) Men returning to work after lunch.
(c) Couples strolling through the park.
(d) Women.

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

15. Which employees of the graphics studio does the owner feel most sorry for?
(a) Talented artists who can't follow orders.
(b) Men who have squandered their talent.
(c) Men who lack the talent to rise far in their profession.
(d) Real artists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed always notice about people in the rural South?

2. What about the model in Ed's photo shoot attracts him the most?

3. What wakes Ed the morning he is to depart on the canoe trip?

4. What does Ed think about the Kitt's model when he first sees her?

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

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