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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the trip, how does Ed divert suspicion from them?
2. Once at the top of the cliff, how does Ed determine the shooter's next course of action?
3. Why do the men shift some gear to a different canoe on the second day, September 15?
4. What does Ed tell Bobby they must do about the man trying to kill them?
5. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ed Gentry, Lewis Medlock, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger are the four main characters in the book. They are alike in some ways, different in others.
1) Compare and contrast the characters of Ed and Lewis. How are they the same? How are they different? Tell why you think these differences exist.
2) What do you think would happen if Bobby Trippe and Drew Ballinger had not existed? Would the story still follow much the same path? What might be different if one or the other of these two men had not existed? Explain your answer.
3) Who is the better leader, Lewis or Ed? Why do you think this? Cite specific incidents from the story to support your case.
Essay Topic 2
When the men find Drew's body, they realize he may not have been killed by a gunshot after all. How does this discovery add to the plot twists and turns of the story? How does the uncertainty about the cause of Drew's death change the men's future actions? Explain how events following Drew's death are affected by the men's original belief that he was shot to death, then by the uncertainty about the cause of death. What did the author hope to accomplish with this plot twist?
Essay Topic 3
The four men who embark on the canoe trip are representative of typical suburban men of the seventies. Write a few paragraphs about the following:
1) Describe a typical suburban man of the seventies.
2) Compare and contrast that man with a typical suburban man of today. Explain the differences and similarities.
3) The story is set in the South. Would the men have differed from men from similar suburbs in the North? If so, describe what those differences would be.
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