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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages: 103-124.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Early in "English Creek," what task do Jick and his father set out to do?
(a) Count sheep.
(b) Chop wood.
(c) Shear sheep.
(d) Bale hay.

2. Which character often warns others to look to the future rather than to the past?
(a) Mac.
(b) Jick.
(c) Alec.
(d) Lisabeth.

3. What is a jick?
(a) A dance, popular in the 1920s.
(b) A horse-drawn wheel and axle, used for haying.
(c) A jack that shares the color of the jack of trumps in some card games.
(d) A device used for shearing sheep.

4. Who is Isodor?
(a) A man who repairs saddles and bales hay, depending on the season.
(b) A packer, a person who loads supplies onto horses for deliveries.
(c) Lisabeth's brother.
(d) Stanley's brother.

5. What is the name of the horse Jick rides in Part 1?
(a) Bubbles.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Pony.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real first name of Mac?

2. What is the name of the local paper for the Two country?

3. After leaving Canada Dan, why does Stanley scold Jick when he starts to open the gate to a cabin?

4. As "English Creek" begins, how old is the narrator?

5. What is Mac's long-standing bet whenever he and his sons go fishing?

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