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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. While waiting for school to start, what project does Jick undertake?
(a) Canning with his mother.
(b) Learning how to tan hide.
(c) Learning how to rope.
(d) Wallpapering his porch bedroom.

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

3. Who goes into town to fetch the extra lunches?
(a) Velma.
(b) Jick.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Lisabeth.

4. According to official instructions for feeding firefighters, how thick is Jick expected to slice meat?
(a) As thin as possible.
(b) Four slices to the inch.
(c) Two slices to the inch.
(d) Six slices to the inch.

5. At Flume Gulch, when Jick catches Stanley drinking from a whiskey bottle, what does Jick learn?
(a) The bottle is filled with sugar water.
(b) The bottle is filled with water, only lightly laced with whiskey.
(c) The bottle is filled with white soda.
(d) The bottle is empty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Based on the new firefighting strategy, where is the fire crew creating a new fireline?

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

3. At Reese Ranch during haying season, what job is usually given to whichever Hebner boy happens to be twelve to fourteen years old?

4. During Jick's first close-up view of the fire, how does he describe the orange flames?

5. How does Stanley suggest Jick could measure an inch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Shortly after the death of Mac, what big question does Lisabeth ask of Jick?

2. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the grassy slope opposite to the fire, when they hike over?

3. Briefly describe Pete's strategy in getting rid of the incompetent Good Help without firing him.

4. What is the first breakfast Stanley and Jick prepare for the firefighters?

5. Why is Jick fond of operating the scatter rake?

6. 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?

7. What is the cause of the past rift between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?

8. While Jick helps Pete with his machine repairs at the beginning of Part 3, how does Pete respond when Jick asks him about Stanley?

9. After Mac requests fifty firefighters and a cook, what positions are assigned to Stanley and Jick?

10. At the end of Part 3, what ominous announcement is made, and by whom?

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