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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through English Creek Part 1, Pages 36-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The morning after counting sheep with Dode, what does Mac do to anger Jick?
(a) He burns their breakfast.
(b) He mistakenly called Jick "Dode."
(c) He treats Jick like a child.
(d) He mistakenly called Jick "Alec."

2. During the second night Jick and Stanley stay at the abandoned cabin, what does Jick do for the first time?
(a) Drink beer.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Drink whiskey.
(d) Fire a gun.

3. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?
(a) The horse bit him in the leg.
(b) The horse kicked him in the leg.
(c) The horse kicked him in the hand.
(d) The horse bit him in the hand.

4. What is Mac's long-standing bet whenever he and his sons go fishing?
(a) The person who catches less than twelve fish owes the others a grape soda.
(b) The person who catches less than ten fish owes the others a milkshake.
(c) The person who catches less than twelve fish owes the others a milkshake.
(d) The person who catches less than ten fish owes the others a grape soda.

5. Through what are sheep herded for the purpose of counting?
(a) A counting vee.
(b) A sheep gate.
(c) A needle vee.
(d) The eye of a needle.

Short Answer Questions

1. As described in Part 1, Alec is employed by whom?

2. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?

3. What is a jick?

4. Who ultimately skins most of the dead sheep?

5. During dinner at the McCaskill home early in Part 1, what is the subject of the family's argument?

(see the answer key)

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