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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much hunting experience does Ed have?
(a) A couple of years hunting with buddies without success.
(b) None, he has never hunted before.
(c) He's hunted most of his life.
(d) No experience hunting deer, but he has hunted other animals.

2. Where does Ed finally seek help when their canoe reaches civilization?
(a) From a farmer walking along the river's edge.
(b) In a nearby house after stopping at a bridge.
(c) At the bridge, he stops the first car that comes along.
(d) In the first town they reach.

3. What does Lewis want to do with the body of the man he killed?
(a) Take it to the authorities and say they found it in the woods.
(b) Sink it in the river and weight it with rocks.
(c) Bury it where no one will ever find it.
(d) Leave it as a warning for the other man.

4. Which members of the group get through the rapids generally unhurt?
(a) Lewis and Bobby.
(b) Ed and Bobby.
(c) Ed and Lewis.
(d) Ed and Drew.

5. How does Ed know he shot the man he and Bobby met earlier?
(a) He finds false teeth in the man's pocket.
(b) He doesn't know for sure.
(c) The man is wearing the same clothes as in the earlier meeting.
(d) He recognizes a scar on the man's right cheek.

6. After the local man who hurt Bobby is done, and the other man turns to Ed, what happens?
(a) Ed and Bobby together make a concerted attack on the men.
(b) An arrow goes through the chest of the man who hurt Bobby.
(c) Bobby lunges towards the man with the gun.
(d) Bobby grabs the gun, and the men run away.

7. What does Ed do first after reaching the top of the cliff?
(a) He looks back down at the river.
(b) He looks around to see if the killer is nearby.
(c) He checks his equipment.
(d) He closes his eyes and rests a moment.

8. What causes the wound in Ed's side after he shoots the man trying to kill him?
(a) A rock from his climb that he hasn't noticed until now.
(b) A tree branch pierces his side as he falls to the ground.
(c) The shooter's shot grazes him.
(d) One of his own arrows.

9. What does Drew want to do with the body of the man Lewis killed?
(a) Leave it where it is and get out of there as fast as possible.
(b) Take it to Aintry and inform the police.
(c) Bury the body.
(d) Dump the body in the river.

10. What solves the problem of a rope that's too short for Ed to lower himself and the body of the man he shot down the cliff?
(a) The rope breaks.
(b) He carries the body the rest of the way to the river.
(c) Ed carries a spare rope around his waist.
(d) Bobby throws a second rope up to him.

11. Why don't the men stop at the first opportunity when their canoe reaches civilization?
(a) They need a sandy area to beach the canoe.
(b) Ed fears they may run into the attacker's friends.
(c) Bobby wants to wait until they reach a town.
(d) Ed makes sure they stop where they can get help for Lewis.

12. After burying the body of the man Lewis shot, why does Bobby go in a canoe with Lewis and Drew go in a canoe with Ed?
(a) To get the best combinations to move as quickly as possible.
(b) After arguing, Drew doesn't want to go with Lewis.
(c) Bobby is useless, so Lewis volunteers to take him.
(d) Bobby needs the emotional support Lewis can provide.

13. What does Lewis tell Ed when Ed goes into the river to pull him out of the water after Bobby's and his canoe overturned?
(a) That all their supplies were dumped into the river.
(b) That he saw one of their attackers in the woods.
(c) That his leg is broken.
(d) That the canoes are lost to the group.

14. How does Ed get up the cliff?
(a) He crawls along switchbacks.
(b) He uses the rope to relay from one rock to another.
(c) He uses his hands and feet to climb the surface of the cliff.
(d) The climb is surprisingly easy.

15. How does Ed attract Bobby's attention from the top of the cliff as Bobby paddles the canoe down the river?
(a) He waves and jumps up and down.
(b) He reflects a mirror off the aluminum canoe's side.
(c) He yells loudly.
(d) He throws the rifle into the water ahead of the canoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ed do when the ambulance arrives for Lewis?

2. What does Ed do with the body of the dead shooter?

3. What does the man who hurt Bobby do after he is shot?

4. What does Bobby do while the ambulance crew works on Lewis, and they wait for the Highway Patrol to arrive?

5. What conclusion do the men come to after examining Drew's body?

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