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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the slope opposite the fire?
(a) It is very hot.
(b) It has already burned.
(c) It is too steep to climb.
(d) It is rocky, lacking anything that might burn.

2. As the novel begins, who is expected to attend college in the fall?
(a) Leona.
(b) Ray.
(c) Alec.
(d) Jick.

3. Who takes over the Reese Ranch when Pete decides to sell?
(a) Stanley.
(b) The Double W.
(c) Ray.
(d) Jick.

4. What is Mac and Jick's favorite spot in the National Forest?
(a) Noon Creek.
(b) Gros Ventre.
(c) Phantom Woman Mountain.
(d) Flame Gulch.

5. When Mac leaves to fight the final English Creek fire, what does Lisabeth reveal to Jick about Leona?
(a) Leona is ill.
(b) Leona is trying to decide whether to marry Alec or finish high school.
(c) Leona has found another man.
(d) Leona has left Alec.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jick's best friend?

2. Before Jick leaves Alec and the ranch, what secret does Alec ask him to keep?

3. What do most men notice about Velma's wardrobe when she arrives at the rodeo?

4. When Jick visits Ray after leaving the forest fire site, what is Ray doing?

5. The yell of "timber!" at a dance signals what?

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