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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At the end of Part 2, how does Jick describe his Fourth of July?
(a) The end of summer and youth.
(b) A toupee of grass on a cranium of rock.
(c) An unsettled day.
(d) A set of hours worth the price of the rest of the life.

3. How does Jick describe his father, regarding his relationship with the world?
(a) Over and under and over.
(b) Betwixt and between and beyond.
(c) Strained.
(d) Between and between and between.

4. After the rodeo, where does Jick see Stanley?
(a) The Two Medicine Saloon.
(b) The Medicine Lodge Saloon.
(c) The Lunchery.
(d) Sedgwick House.

5. As "English Creek" begins, how old is the narrator?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Fifteen.

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

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

8. Who is the announcer at the rodeo?
(a) Mac.
(b) Wendell.
(c) Tollie.
(d) Ed.

9. What is Alec's special talent?
(a) Preaching.
(b) Working with numbers.
(c) Shearing sheep.
(d) Singing.

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

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

12. What do most men notice about Velma's wardrobe when she arrives at the rodeo?
(a) Her tight pants.
(b) Her red lipstick.
(c) Her long, matronly dress.
(d) Her golden hair.

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

14. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?
(a) He can't swim.
(b) He didn't want to be alone with Jick.
(c) He thought it might be a veiled insult to his Catholicism.
(d) He didn't know how to fish.

15. At the rodeo, who wins the calf roping competition?
(a) Alec.
(b) Mac.
(c) Dode.
(d) Toussaint.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How is the landscape of the Two country often described?

3. In Part 1, who drags Jick down a hillside?

4. Before the rodeo, how does Leona address Jick?

5. At the beginning of Part 2, where is Mac required to go?

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