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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 278-308.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the caller at the square dance?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Nola.
(c) Jerome.
(d) Tollie.

2. When Pete visits while Mac is away, what is the main topic of conversation during dinner?
(a) Alec's summer plans.
(b) The upcoming haying season.
(c) Forest fires.
(d) Pete's dislike of Mac.

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

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

5. The morning after Mac joined the firefighters, what request does he send through his dispatcher?
(a) Fifty volunteer firefighters, extra lunches, and a helecopter.
(b) Forty volunteer firefighters, horses, extra lunches, and a cook.
(c) Two helecopters, extra lunches, and thirty volunteer firefighters.
(d) Fifty volunteer firefighters, extra lunches, and a cook.

Short Answer Questions

1. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?

2. What task does Mac assign to Jick, for the time that he will be away?

3. As Mac prepares to leave for a week, what does he almost forget?

4. What position does Jick take in the firefighting effort?

5. Jick compares his work at home, as assigned by Mac, to what historic event?

(see the answer key)

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