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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Jick's final news of Alec?
(a) He was killed in a desert in Tunisia.
(b) His plane crashed in the mountains near Germany.
(c) He was living in China.
(d) He was lost at sea.

2. What firefighting strategy does Stanley offer to Mac, following his observations about the opposite slope?
(a) The fireline should be established in the valley.
(b) The fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope.
(c) Two firelines should be established.
(d) Using a fireline is the wrong strategy.

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

4. What ultimately becomes of Ray, according to Jick, years later?
(a) He dies in a car crash.
(b) He owns his father's lumber yard.
(c) He runs an insurance agency.
(d) He lives in China.

5. Based on the new firefighting strategy, where is the fire crew creating a new fireline?
(a) Breed Butte.
(b) Rooster Mountain.
(c) Phantom Woman Mountain.
(d) They are not creating a fireline.

6. When Jick visits Alec's bunkhouse, how does Jick determine which bunk is his brother's?
(a) A picture of the McCaskill family.
(b) The perfectly made bed.
(c) The unmade bed.
(d) A picture of Leona.

7. Who had told the main character's parents, long ago, that he looked like "the jick of the family?"
(a) Stanley.
(b) Alec.
(c) Toussaint.
(d) Pete.

8. When Jick visits Alec at his ranch, how do the ranch hands decide which two should go into town with the foreman?
(a) Picking numbers, 1 through 100.
(b) A jig competition.
(c) Drawing straws.
(d) A game of cards.

9. On the morning when the new firefighting strategy is employed, by what time must Jick and Stanley evacuate?
(a) 10:00 in the morning.
(b) 1:00 in the afternoon.
(c) Noon.
(d) 7:00 in the evening.

10. By what time each day is Mac required to report to the Forest Service, indicating whether or not the fire is under control?
(a) 1:00 each afternoon.
(b) Noon.
(c) 10:00 each morning.
(d) 7:00 each evening.

11. Which member of the hay crew is injured, as a result of Good Help's incompetence?
(a) Jick.
(b) Pete.
(c) His son, Clayton.
(d) Wisdom.

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

13. How does Paul show his trust in Mac and the new firefighting strategy?
(a) He offers to lie in his report.
(b) He offers to "forget" to report.
(c) He offers to delay reporting their status until the last moment in the evening.
(d) He offers to delay reporting their status until the last moment in the morning.

14. At the end of Part 3, who makes a grave announcement?
(a) Ray's father.
(b) Tollie.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Mac.

15. How does the McCaskill family learn about Pearl Harbor?
(a) On the radio.
(b) An article in the Gleaner.
(c) A phone call from headquarters.
(d) Conversation with Stanley.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Alec's response, when Jick asks him to help their father fight the forest fire?

2. Who is the mower on Jick's hay crew?

3. Which member of the hay crew does Good Help replace?

4. According to official instructions for feeding firefighters, how thick is Jick expected to slice meat?

5. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?

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