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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Jick's best friend?
(a) Ray.
(b) Dode.
(c) Pete.
(d) Stanley.

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

4. During Alec's visit in Part 2, who does he warn Jick about being seen with?
(a) Alec.
(b) Dode.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Pete.

5. Who is injured during the rodeo?
(a) Dode.
(b) Toussaint.
(c) Mac.
(d) Alec.

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

7. Who is the announcer at the rodeo?
(a) Tollie.
(b) Wendell.
(c) Ed.
(d) Mac.

8. At the rodeo, who wins the calf roping competition?
(a) Toussaint.
(b) Mac.
(c) Alec.
(d) Dode.

9. What is the name of the town nearest to the McCaskill's home?
(a) North Fork.
(b) English Creek.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Butte.

10. What is Mac and Jick's favorite spot in the National Forest?
(a) Flame Gulch.
(b) Phantom Woman Mountain.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Noon Creek.

11. Who is Pat Hoy?
(a) Herder for Dode.
(b) Herder for Wendell.
(c) A forest ranger.
(d) Rider for Mac.

12. How are Jick and Alec related?
(a) Jick is Alec's older brother.
(b) Alec is Jick's father.
(c) Jick is Alec's father.
(d) Alec is Jick's older brother.

13. Before the rodeo, how does Leona address Jick?
(a) By his real name, John Angus.
(b) Little brother.
(c) Alec.
(d) Jick-Jack.

14. As "English Creek" begins, how old is the narrator?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Twenty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

15. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?
(a) Jibberty.
(b) Flighty.
(c) Flirty.
(d) Flibberty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which horse at the rodeo is dangerously rambunctious in the chute?

2. The day after the argument at the McCaskill dinner table, Mac sends Jick to check on whose ranch?

3. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?

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

5. In what part of Montana did Lisabeth grow up?

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