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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. How are Marie and Toussaint related?
(a) Daughter and father.
(b) Granddaughter and grandfather.
(c) Wife and husband.
(d) Sister and brother.

2. After the square dance, who gets into a fist fight?
(a) Alec and Jick.
(b) Alec and Earl.
(c) Ray and Jick.
(d) Arlee and Mac.

3. During the second night Jick and Stanley stay at the abandoned cabin, what does Jick do for the first time?
(a) Drink beer.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Drink whiskey.
(d) Fire a gun.

4. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?
(a) An abandoned cabin.
(b) Under a large outcropping of rock.
(c) The Double W Ranch.
(d) The Reese Ranch.

5. What family occupies the original McCaskill home in Montana, as the novel begins?
(a) The Reeses.
(b) The Withrows.
(c) The Heaneys.
(d) The Hebners.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. After mulling over his mother's wagon trip for a day, Jick leads his mother into discussing what topic?

3. What offer does Mac make to Stanley, in Part 1, due to his injury?

4. What is the name of the horse Jick rides in Part 1?

5. How does Mac describe the fact that Jick is starting to grow up?

(see the answer key)

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