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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. The morning after counting sheep with Dode, what does Mac do to anger Jick?
(a) He treats Jick like a child.
(b) He burns their breakfast.
(c) He mistakenly called Jick "Alec."
(d) He mistakenly called Jick "Dode."

2. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?
(a) The horse bit him in the leg.
(b) The horse kicked him in the hand.
(c) The horse kicked him in the leg.
(d) The horse bit him in the hand.

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

4. What section of the National Forest is still scarred from a fire in 1910, as described in Part 1?
(a) The North Fork.
(b) Flume Gorge.
(c) Roman Reef.
(d) Phantom Woman Mountain.

5. Who is the brother of Lisabeth?
(a) Dode.
(b) Alec.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mac.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what country did the McCaskill family emigrate in the 1880s?

2. In the morning after spending his first night in a cabin with Stanley, Jick sets off for what destination?

3. How are Jick and Alec related?

4. What family occupies the original McCaskill home in Montana, as the novel begins?

5. How does Jick describe his father, regarding his relationship with the world?

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