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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. In the evening after dinner with Pete, what does Jick read about in the local paper?
(a) New strategies for fighting forest fires.
(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) A chronicle of Stanley's past.

2. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?
(a) He didn't want to be alone with Jick.
(b) He can't swim.
(c) He didn't know how to fish.
(d) He thought it might be a veiled insult to his Catholicism.

3. In Part 2, when does Alec arrive at the McCaskill house for a visit?
(a) Just after his father returns.
(b) On the Fourth of July.
(c) On the final day before his father's return.
(d) During Pete's dinner visit.

4. In what part of Montana did Lisabeth grow up?
(a) Missoula.
(b) English Creek.
(c) Noon Creek.
(d) Gros Ventre.

5. What dance does the substitute caller choose?
(a) The Dude and Belle.
(b) The Two Medicine Two-Step.
(c) The Lord of the Dance.
(d) The Montana Four Square.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which former English Creek resident is the main topic of the speech made by a McCaskill?

2. Jick's parents allow him to ride which horse into town on the Fourth of July?

3. After the rodeo, who eases Jick away when he tries to question Stanley?

4. Before the rodeo, how does Leona address Jick?

5. Which member of the hay crew is injured, as a result of Good Help's incompetence?

(see the answer key)

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