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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages: 103-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Lisabeth's father?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Ivan.

2. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?
(a) Sheep rancher.
(b) Forest ranger.
(c) Logger.
(d) Farmer.

3. In the evening after dinner with Pete, what does Jick read about in the local paper?
(a) A chronicle of Stanley's past.
(b) A story from 25 years before, about Jick's mother and her family taking a wagon trip.
(c) Gossip about his mother and other local ladies.
(d) New strategies for fighting forest fires.

4. What is the name of the local paper for the Two country?
(a) The "Two Cents."
(b) The "Gleaner."
(c) The "Two Medicine Gazette."
(d) The "Gros Ventre Sentinel."

5. Which character often warns others to look to the future rather than to the past?
(a) Lisabeth.
(b) Alec.
(c) Jick.
(d) Mac.

Short Answer Questions

1. What family occupies the original McCaskill home in Montana, as the novel begins?

2. Through what are sheep herded for the purpose of counting?

3. Early in "English Creek," what task do Jick and his father set out to do?

4. During his third day of laboring on Mac's assignment, from whom does Jick hide?

5. Who is the brother of Lisabeth?

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