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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 177-200.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which former English Creek resident is the main topic of the speech made by a McCaskill?
(a) Wendell.
(b) Ben.
(c) William.
(d) Isaac.

3. What is Ed's occupation?
(a) Saloon owner.
(b) Forest ranger.
(c) Fighter pilot.
(d) Running a lumber yard.

4. What sort of pilot is Ray?
(a) The sort who piles it here, piles it there, in a lumberyard.
(b) A firefighting pilot for the forest service.
(c) A flight instructor.
(d) A fighter pilot.

5. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?
(a) He thought it might be a veiled insult to his Catholicism.
(b) He can't swim.
(c) He didn't know how to fish.
(d) He didn't want to be alone with Jick.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the evening after dinner with Pete, what does Jick read about in the local paper?

2. How much money does Jick's father give him for spending on the Fourth of July?

3. At the Fourth of July Picnic, which McCaskill makes a speech?

4. Who is injured during the rodeo?

5. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?

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