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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. When Mac and Jick leave the scorched mountains, where do they stop to eat?
(a) The Double W Ranch.
(b) The Medicine Lodge Saloon.
(c) Sedgwick House.
(d) The Lunchery.

2. What is Perry's winter job?
(a) Mending harnesses.
(b) Working in the lumber yard.
(c) Bricklayer.
(d) Grocer.

3. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?
(a) Chet.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mac.

4. Because the crop looks so favorable in the summer of 1939, how does the "Gleaner" describe the local ranchers?
(a) They are chomping at the bit like a racehorse.
(b) They are grinning like a Christian holding four aces.
(c) They are giddy like a bride on her wedding day.
(d) They are happy like a farmer at haying season.

5. What is Jick's favorite card game?
(a) Crazy Eights.
(b) Pitch.
(c) Poker.
(d) Gin Rummy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?

2. Who goes into town to fetch the extra lunches?

3. Who had reported that the local ranger had been drinking when Phantom Woman burned?

4. Jick's hay crew spends their final days where?

5. Between lunch and dinner during their first full day at the camp, what does Stanley invite Jick to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Stanley suggest to Mac that their fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope, rather than the bottom of the slope that is currently on fire?

2. Shortly after the death of Mac, what big question does Lisabeth ask of Jick?

3. At the beginning of fire season in 1939, how does the Forest Service plan to cut costs?

4. Describe the final moments of Mac's life.

5. How do the six fires, ignited during a storm on August 25, 1939, progress?

6. What is the cause of the past rift between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?

7. How does Stanley convince Mac to give him a private audience, when Mac is trying to strategize with Paul and the fire foremen?

8. Who are the members of Pete's hay crew at the beginning of the 1939 season, and what are their assigned duties?

9. Describe the decorating project Jick undertakes, to keep himself occupied in the heat of August.

10. When Jick sees Alec at the Double W Ranch, what are Alec's professional and personal circumstances?

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