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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. At the end of Part 3, what grave announcement is made?
2. How does Jick compare his job to that of the firefighters?
3. In August, after haying season, Jick's mother is busy with what?
4. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?
5. Which member of the hay crew does Good Help replace?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Jick sees Alec at the Double W Ranch, what are Alec's professional and personal circumstances?
2. What was the early relationship between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?
3. In the final scene of "English Creek," when Jick tells Stanley he's sorry about the way things went after the Phantom Woman fire, how does Stanley respond?
4. What is the first breakfast Stanley and Jick prepare for the firefighters?
5. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the grassy slope opposite to the fire, when they hike over?
6. How does Jick describe the avalanche of fire that fills the gulch, and why is the event significant?
7. Describe the decorating project Jick undertakes, to keep himself occupied in the heat of August.
8. What, as revealed in Part 4, becomes of Jick's brother, Alec?
9. 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?
10. Why is Cyrus better known by the nickname, "Wisdom?"
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Flume Gorge, the McCaskill's favorite place in the Two Medicine National Forest. Why do they feel so strongly about that location? Why is it significant that, in the climax of the novel, the glorious Flume Gorge is on fire?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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