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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Once at the top of the cliff, how does Ed determine the shooter's next course of action?
(a) He examines the ground for the shooter's tracks.
(b) He determines what he'd do if he was the shooter.
(c) He expects the shooter to repeat his earlier actions.
(d) He guesses at the shooter's past experiences with a gun.

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

3. What happens as Ed waits for morning atop the cliff?
(a) He accidentally shoots his bow and is, thus, short one arrow.
(b) He loses his good arrow and has to find it in the dark.
(c) He learns a patience he never knew he had.
(d) An owl circles overhead, then momentarily drops towards him.

4. What happens to Drew as the men are going through whitewater after burying the body of the man Lewis shot?
(a) He isn't able to keep the canoe in the center of the river.
(b) He puts the canoe into the worst stretch of whitewater.
(c) He breaks his paddle on a submerged rock.
(d) What appears to be a puff of wind snatches at his hair.

5. What does Ed do while waiting for that help to arrive?
(a) He returns to the canoe to check on Lewis and Bobby.
(b) He tries to relax in a comfortable chair.
(c) He finds a first-aid kit and brings it to the canoe.
(d) He tells the people in the house the agreed-upon story.

Short Answer Questions

1. What guides Ed's choice of location from which to shoot their attacker?

2. What does Lewis tell Ed after Ed pulls him from the river after his canoe overturns?

3. 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?

4. Which man shoots first when the shooter at the top of the cliff sees Ed preparing to shoot him?

5. After the local man who hurt Bobby is done, and the other man turns to Ed, what happens?

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