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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During his third day of laboring on Mac's assignment, from whom does Jick hide?
(a) Leona.
(b) Isodor.
(c) Alec.
(d) Stanley.

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

3. 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.

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

5. With whom does Jick plan to watch the rodeo?
(a) Alec.
(b) Ray.
(c) Mac.
(d) Dode.

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

7. What do Ray and Jick plan to eat during a break from square dancing?
(a) Trout.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Oyster stew.

8. Why did eighteen sheep in the care of Canada Dan die?
(a) They ate death camas, which are poisonous flowers.
(b) They suffered from a flu-like illness.
(c) They were attacked by wolves.
(d) They died of thirst.

9. On Club Day, who arrives to pick up Lisabeth?
(a) Alice.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Isodor.
(d) Leona.

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

11. What is Velma's responsibility at the rodeo?
(a) Timekeeping.
(b) Food and beverage.
(c) Security.
(d) Entertainment.

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

13. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?
(a) A silk shirt.
(b) A silver cup.
(c) Thirty dollars and supper for two.
(d) Twenty dollars and supper for four.

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

15. Who is injured during the rodeo?
(a) Mac.
(b) Toussaint.
(c) Dode.
(d) Alec.

Short Answer Questions

1. The day after the argument at the McCaskill dinner table, Mac sends Jick to check on whose ranch?

2. Why had Ray been hesitant, years ago, the first time Jick asked him to go fishing?

3. Who is the brother of Lisabeth?

4. During the ladies' choice dance on the Fourth of July, who does Jick's mother choose?

5. At the Fourth of July Picnic, who helps Pete make ice cream?

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