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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Through what are sheep herded for the purpose of counting?
(a) A needle vee.
(b) The eye of a needle.
(c) A counting vee.
(d) A sheep gate.

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

3. After the square dance, who gets into a fist fight?
(a) Arlee and Mac.
(b) Ray and Jick.
(c) Alec and Jick.
(d) Alec and Earl.

4. How are Jick and Alec related?
(a) Jick is Alec's father.
(b) Jick is Alec's older brother.
(c) Alec is Jick's father.
(d) Alec is Jick's older brother.

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

6. 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) A dispute between Pete and Mac.
(d) Alec.

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

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

9. On Thursday while Mac is away, where does Isodor plan to go?
(a) To join Mac in Missoula.
(b) To check on Walter's ranch.
(c) To deliver supplies to fire lookouts.
(d) To join Mac in Butte.

10. While waiting for the square dance, what criticism does Ray make of Jick?
(a) He says Jick should have ridden in the rodeo.
(b) He says Jick thinks too much.
(c) He says Jick should be a better friend.
(d) He says Jick is lazy.

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

12. During the second night Jick and Stanley stay at the abandoned cabin, what does Jick do for the first time?
(a) Drink beer.
(b) Sleepwalk.
(c) Fire a gun.
(d) Drink whiskey.

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

14. What is the name of the local paper for the Two country?
(a) The "Gleaner."
(b) The "Gros Ventre Sentinel."
(c) The "Two Medicine Gazette."
(d) The "Two Cents."

15. In what part of Montana did Lisabeth grow up?
(a) English Creek.
(b) Gros Ventre.
(c) Missoula.
(d) Noon Creek.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do most men notice about Velma's wardrobe when she arrives at the rodeo?

2. Who is the fiddle player at the square dance?

3. At the Fourth of July Picnic, which McCaskill makes a speech?

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

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

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