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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Jick sent into town during haying season, after a night of rain?
(a) To have the scatter rake repaired.
(b) To find a replacement for Good Help.
(c) To fetch a batch of oyster stew for the hay crew.
(d) To seek medical attention.

2. Who is Pat Hoy?
(a) Herder for Dode.
(b) A forest ranger.
(c) Rider for Mac.
(d) Herder for Wendell.

3. The day after the argument at the McCaskill dinner table, Mac sends Jick to check on whose ranch?
(a) Wendell's.
(b) Alec's.
(c) Walter's.
(d) Dode's.

4. Which character often warns others to look to the future rather than to the past?
(a) Mac.
(b) Jick.
(c) Lisabeth.
(d) Alec.

5. What is Mac and Jick's favorite spot in the National Forest?
(a) Flame Gulch.
(b) Phantom Woman Mountain.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Noon Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. On Thursday while Mac is away, where does Isodor plan to go?

2. How does Jick describe his father, regarding his relationship with the world?

3. Who is Mary Ellen?

4. Because the crop looks so favorable in the summer of 1939, how does the "Gleaner" describe the local ranchers?

5. At the end of Part 2, how does Jick describe his Fourth of July?

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