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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jick's parents allow him to ride which horse into town on the Fourth of July?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Bubbles.
(c) Pony.
(d) Fury.

2. When an intoxicated Dode approaches Jick prior to the rodeo, what is Jick drinking?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) A milkshake.
(c) Orange soda.
(d) Grape soda.

3. How does Mac describe the fact that Jick is starting to grow up?
(a) "Your legs are long enough that they reach the ground."
(b) "You're tall enough to need a bigger horse."
(c) "You didn't just fall off the turnip truck."
(d) "You're dry behind the ears."

4. As "English Creek" begins, how old is the narrator?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Fourteen.

5. What question does Jick ask Stanley, after the rodeo?
(a) Why Stanley quit his job as ranger in the Two Medicine Forest.
(b) Why Stanley doesn't get along with Mac.
(c) Why Stanley didn't ride in the rodeo.
(d) Why Stanley rode in the rodeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Stanley's pack horse?

2. Through what are sheep herded for the purpose of counting?

3. What dance does the substitute caller choose?

4. In Part 1, who drags Jick down a hillside?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. During the square dance after the rodeo, how does Jick imagine his parents?

2. What is the topic of Lisabeth's speech at the Fourth of July Picnic?

3. How does the appearance of Velma affect Jick, when she arrives at the rodeo?

4. How, as Jick recollects, did he and Ray become friends?

5. Early in Part 2, why does Jick feel hard used by Mac?

6. During the Fourth of July Picnic, how does Toussaint make Jick uncomfortable?

7. How, at the end of Part 2, does Jick sum up his Fourth of July experiences?

8. What announcement by Jick's brother, Alec, early in Part 1, shatters the McCaskill family?

9. After the rodeo, when Jick says the summer has left him feeling unsettled, how does Ray respond?

10. What two special privileges does Jick's father grant him on the morning of the Fourth of July?

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