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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is the fiddle player at the square dance?
(a) Velma.
(b) Tollie.
(c) Jeff.
(d) Nola.

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

4. What task does Mac assign to Jick, for the time that he will be away?
(a) Painting the shed.
(b) Taking care of his mother.
(c) Shearing the sheep.
(d) Digging a new outhouse pit.

5. What is a jick?
(a) A horse-drawn wheel and axle, used for haying.
(b) A jack that shares the color of the jack of trumps in some card games.
(c) A device used for shearing sheep.
(d) A dance, popular in the 1920s.

6. What sort of pilot is Ray?
(a) A flight instructor.
(b) The sort who piles it here, piles it there, in a lumberyard.
(c) A firefighting pilot for the forest service.
(d) A fighter pilot.

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

8. What is the name of the town nearest to the McCaskill's home?
(a) Butte.
(b) English Creek.
(c) North Fork.
(d) Gros Ventre.

9. The yell of "timber!" at a dance signals what?
(a) A fight has broken out.
(b) Couples are needed on the dance floor.
(c) A tree is falling.
(d) Mason jar moonshine is available.

10. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?
(a) Flighty.
(b) Flirty.
(c) Jibberty.
(d) Flibberty.

11. During the ladies' choice dance on the Fourth of July, who does Jick's mother choose?
(a) Jeff.
(b) Mac.
(c) Fritz.
(d) Jick.

12. Why does Alec visit his parents' house in Part 2?
(a) He wants to announce he is leaving Montana.
(b) He wants his mother's advice about Leona.
(c) He needs a shirt for the upcoming rodeo.
(d) He hopes for a dinner invitation.

13. What does Ray jokingly prescribe as a cure for Jick's faults?
(a) Grape soda.
(b) Listening to the radio.
(c) Vicks VapoRub.
(d) Oyster stew.

14. Jick compares his work at home, as assigned by Mac, to what historic event?
(a) The initial ripping plow of human settlement.
(b) Discovering America.
(c) The birth of Jesus.
(d) Painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

15. What does Ed say is his most vivid memory of being at war?
(a) Flying planes.
(b) French women.
(c) Shaving.
(d) Killing a man.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?

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

4. In the evening after dinner with Pete, what does Jick read about in the local paper?

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

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