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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Good Help dress up for a square dance?
(a) Topping off his usual overalls with a flat cap.
(b) A solid-colored shirt rather than the usual plaid.
(c) Gray jeans.
(d) A pin-stripe suit.

3. How does Jick describe his father, regarding his relationship with the world?
(a) Betwixt and between and beyond.
(b) Between and between and between.
(c) Strained.
(d) Over and under and over.

4. Which former English Creek resident is the main topic of the speech made by a McCaskill?
(a) Ben.
(b) William.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Wendell.

5. Garland Hebner is better known by what name?
(a) Good Time.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Good Help.
(d) Slow Moving.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?

2. During the escalating fight after the dance, whose punch does Ray intercept?

3. What question does Jick ask Stanley, after the rodeo?

4. What does Ed say is his most vivid memory of being at war?

5. Jick thinks Ray has a romantic interest in which local girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. After reading a story in the local paper, why is Jick so interested in the details of a wagon trip his mother took with her family twenty-five years prior?

2. Describe the special skills of Isodor.

3. After the rodeo, why is Jick unable to finish his conversation with Stanley?

4. What is the topic of Lisabeth's speech at the Fourth of July Picnic?

5. Why are eighteen of the sheep in the care of Canada Dan dead, and what work is Jick required to do as a result?

6. What two special privileges does Jick's father grant him on the morning of the Fourth of July?

7. What foods do Jick and his family enjoy at the Fourth of July Picnic?

8. Why is Ray so adept at mimicking radio personalities, and who does he mimic?

9. Why is Flame Gulch the McCaskills' favorite spot in the Two Medicine National Forest?

10. During the square dance after the rodeo, how does Jick imagine his parents?

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