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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2, pages 201-217.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As Mac prepares to leave for a week, what does he almost forget?
(a) To kiss his wife goodbye.
(b) His hat.
(c) His diary.
(d) His lunch.

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

4. When an intoxicated Dode approaches Jick prior to the rodeo, what is Jick drinking?
(a) Grape soda.
(b) Orange soda.
(c) Whiskey.
(d) A milkshake.

5. During dinner at the McCaskill home early in Part 1, what is the subject of the family's argument?
(a) Jick does not want to count sheep with his father.
(b) Jick wants to quit high school.
(c) Alec plans to break his engagement.
(d) Alec plans to marry Leona rather than go to college.

Short Answer Questions

1. The yell of "timber!" at a dance signals what?

2. Jick thinks Ray has a romantic interest in which local girl?

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

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

5. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?

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