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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is injured during the rodeo?
2. In the morning after spending his first night in a cabin with Stanley, Jick sets off for what destination?
3. Who is Pat Hoy?
4. What is a jick?
5. From what country did the McCaskill family emigrate in the 1880s?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why are eighteen of the sheep in the care of Canada Dan dead, and what work is Jick required to do as a result?
2. Before the rodeo, why does Alec ask Jick to keep an eye on Leona?
3. Describe the special skills of Isodor.
4. When Pete joins Lisabeth and Jick for dinner in Part 2, how does Lisabeth respond to Pete's advice regarding Alec? What unusual writing technique does the author display in this response?
5. As Jick finishes digging the new outhouse pit, why does Alec visit the McCaskill house?
6. During the square dance after the rodeo, how does Jick imagine his parents?
7. After the rodeo, why is Jick unable to finish his conversation with Stanley?
8. How, at the end of Part 2, does Jick sum up his Fourth of July experiences?
9. What two special privileges does Jick's father grant him on the morning of the Fourth of July?
10. Why does Ed say his main memory of fighting in France is shaving?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lisabeth is concerned, throughout most of the novel, that Jick is obsessed with the past and not open to the future and its possibilities. What is the basis for her concern? How has she changed in this regard, in her eighties, as revealed in Part 4? What interaction with Jick in Part 4 reveals the extent to which Lisabeth has changed?
Essay Topic 2
How does Doig use nature, particularly detailed narratives about the beauty of the Two Medicine National Forest in Montana, as a major presence in the novel, almost to the point where nature could be considered a character?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of alcoholism and alcohol consumption in "English Creek." Minus the alcohol, could the story have unfolded in the same way? What seems to be Doig's attitude toward alcohol?
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