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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3, pages 230-278.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Jick ask Stanley, after the rodeo?
(a) Why Stanley didn't ride in the rodeo.
(b) Why Stanley doesn't get along with Mac.
(c) Why Stanley rode in the rodeo.
(d) Why Stanley quit his job as ranger in the Two Medicine Forest.

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

3. Who ultimately skins most of the dead sheep?
(a) Alec.
(b) Canada Dan.
(c) Jick.
(d) Stanley.

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

5. When Jick visits Alec at his ranch, how do the ranch hands decide which two should go into town with the foreman?
(a) Drawing straws.
(b) A jig competition.
(c) A game of cards.
(d) Picking numbers, 1 through 100.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Leona's hair?

2. Before the rodeo begins, what does Alec ask Jick to do?

3. What is the name of the town nearest to the McCaskill's home?

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

5. How are Jick and Alec related?

(see the answer key)

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