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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 pages 308-320.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?
(a) A silver cup.
(b) Twenty dollars and supper for four.
(c) Thirty dollars and supper for two.
(d) A silk shirt.

2. What does Stanley describe as "a dollar a Scotchman's been squeezing?"
(a) A nickel.
(b) A penny.
(c) A dime.
(d) A quarter.

3. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?
(a) Pete.
(b) Mac.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Chet.

4. How does Mac sardonically describe the new firefighting strategy to Wisdom?
(a) Fighting fire with fire.
(b) Firefighting by the numbers.
(c) Firefighting by mail order.
(d) Firefighting by braille.

5. What is the name of the town nearest to the McCaskill's home?
(a) Butte.
(b) North Fork.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) English Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the slope opposite the fire?

2. Who is injured during the rodeo?

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

4. In August, after haying season, Jick's mother is busy with what?

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

(see the answer key)

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