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

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

3. In Part 2, when does Alec arrive at the McCaskill house for a visit?
(a) On the Fourth of July.
(b) On the final day before his father's return.
(c) During Pete's dinner visit.
(d) Just after his father returns.

4. Why does Stanley hang behind Jick and disappear frequently, as the two ride to meet Canada Dan?
(a) He is tending his injury.
(b) His saddle is broken.
(c) He is taking swigs of whiskey.
(d) He has trouble controlling his horse.

5. At the end of Part 2, how does Jick describe his Fourth of July?
(a) A toupee of grass on a cranium of rock.
(b) The end of summer and youth.
(c) An unsettled day.
(d) A set of hours worth the price of the rest of the life.

Short Answer Questions

1. During his third day of laboring on Mac's assignment, from whom does Jick hide?

2. What is Alec's special talent?

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

4. On Club Day, who arrives to pick up Lisabeth?

5. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?

(see the answer key)

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