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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During Lisabeth's wagon trip as a child, where did she and her family sleep?
(a) In a tent.
(b) Under the wagon.
(c) At friends' houses.
(d) In the wagon.

3. At the square dance, who does Jick ask to dance?
(a) His mother.
(b) Leona.
(c) Nola.
(d) Velma.

4. Who was Leona's boyfriend, prior to Alec?
(a) Arlee.
(b) Earl.
(c) Pete.
(d) Ray.

5. From what country did the McCaskill family emigrate in the 1880s?
(a) England.
(b) Scotland.
(c) Russia.
(d) Ireland.

6. As described in Part 1, Alec is employed by whom?
(a) Dode.
(b) Mac.
(c) Wendell.
(d) Isaac.

7. Before the rodeo, how does Leona address Jick?
(a) Little brother.
(b) By his real name, John Angus.
(c) Alec.
(d) Jick-Jack.

8. Who is Jick's best friend?
(a) Dode.
(b) Pete.
(c) Ray.
(d) Stanley.

9. When the dance caller needs a break, who does he recruit as his replacement?
(a) Tollie.
(b) Jeff.
(c) Mac.
(d) Jerome.

10. Who ultimately skins most of the dead sheep?
(a) Alec.
(b) Canada Dan.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Jick.

11. Who reveals to Jick, during the Fourth of July Picnic, that he knows Jick drank whiskey with Stanley?
(a) Alec.
(b) Pete.
(c) Toussaint.
(d) Mac.

12. In Part 1, who drags Jick down a hillside?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Mac.

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

14. After mulling over his mother's wagon trip for a day, Jick leads his mother into discussing what topic?
(a) Montana history.
(b) Her courtship with Jick's father.
(c) Alec.
(d) A dispute between Pete and Mac.

15. What color is Leona's hair?
(a) Golden blonde.
(b) Vivid red.
(c) Raven black.
(d) Mouse brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what time every evening does Ray's father turn on his radio?

2. As "English Creek" begins, how old is the narrator?

3. In Part 2, when does Alec arrive at the McCaskill house for a visit?

4. With whom does Jick plan to watch the rodeo?

5. During dinner with Pete, while Mac is away, Lisabeth avoids discussing what subject?

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