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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 230-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which member of the hay crew is injured, as a result of Good Help's incompetence?
(a) His son, Clayton.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Jick.
(d) Pete.

2. After the square dance, who gets into a fist fight?
(a) Arlee and Mac.
(b) Alec and Earl.
(c) Alec and Jick.
(d) Ray and Jick.

3. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?
(a) The horse kicked him in the leg.
(b) The horse bit 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 occupation, as the novel begins?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Forest ranger.
(c) Sheep rancher.
(d) Logger.

5. What family occupies the original McCaskill home in Montana, as the novel begins?
(a) The Heaneys.
(b) The Withrows.
(c) The Reeses.
(d) The Hebners.

Short Answer Questions

1. While waiting for the square dance, what criticism does Ray make of Jick?

2. Who was Wisdom with, before being brought to the Reese Ranch for the 1939 haying season?

3. As the novel begins, who is expected to attend college in the fall?

4. How are Jick and Alec related?

5. What task does Mac assign to Jick, for the time that he will be away?

(see the answer key)

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