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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through English Creek Part 1, Pages 36-102.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During the second night Jick and Stanley stay at the abandoned cabin, what does Jick do for the first time?
(a) Drink whiskey.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Drink beer.
(d) Fire a gun.

2. What is the name of Stanley's pack horse?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Bubbles.
(c) Pony.
(d) Jick.

3. From what country did the McCaskill family emigrate in the 1880s?
(a) England.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Scotland.

4. Why did eighteen sheep in the care of Canada Dan die?
(a) They died of thirst.
(b) They suffered from a flu-like illness.
(c) They ate death camas, which are poisonous flowers.
(d) They were attacked by wolves.

5. What color is Leona's hair?
(a) Golden blonde.
(b) Vivid red.
(c) Raven black.
(d) Mouse brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?

2. How are Jick and Alec related?

3. The morning after counting sheep with Dode, what does Mac do to anger Jick?

4. After leaving Canada Dan, why does Stanley scold Jick when he starts to open the gate to a cabin?

5. What section of the National Forest is still scarred from a fire in 1910, as described in Part 1?

(see the answer key)

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