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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3 pages 308-320.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mary Ellen?
(a) Alec's fiancee.
(b) Ray's sister.
(c) Leona's sister.
(d) Ray's mother.

2. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Forest ranger.
(c) Logger.
(d) Sheep rancher.

3. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Chet.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mac.

4. What firefighting strategy does Stanley offer to Mac, following his observations about the opposite slope?
(a) Two firelines should be established.
(b) Using a fireline is the wrong strategy.
(c) The fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope.
(d) The fireline should be established in the valley.

5. How is the landscape of the Two country often described?
(a) A toupee of grass on a cranium of rock.
(b) Mountains squared off like a pair of dice.
(c) A paradise, twice as beautiful as it ought to be.
(d) A pair of womanly mountains.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the announcer at the rodeo?

2. What injury is suffered by a firefighter during Jick's first full day at the site?

3. Garland Hebner is better known by what name?

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

5. At the square dance, who does Jick ask to dance?

(see the answer key)

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