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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Lisabeth's father?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Wendell.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Ivan.

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

4. Who is Pat Hoy?
(a) Herder for Dode.
(b) A forest ranger.
(c) Rider for Mac.
(d) Herder for Wendell.

5. 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) Painting the shed.
(d) Shearing the sheep.

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

7. What is the name of the horse Jick rides in Part 1?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Bubbles.
(c) Horse.
(d) Pony.

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

9. The day after the argument at the McCaskill dinner table, Mac sends Jick to check on whose ranch?
(a) Wendell's.
(b) Dode's.
(c) Walter's.
(d) Alec's.

10. What is Mac's long-standing bet whenever he and his sons go fishing?
(a) The person who catches less than ten fish owes the others a grape soda.
(b) The person who catches less than ten fish owes the others a milkshake.
(c) The person who catches less than twelve fish owes the others a milkshake.
(d) The person who catches less than twelve fish owes the others a grape soda.

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

12. How are Marie and Toussaint related?
(a) Daughter and father.
(b) Wife and husband.
(c) Sister and brother.
(d) Granddaughter and grandfather.

13. 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.

14. What sort of dress does Leona wear to the square dance?
(a) Pink chiffon.
(b) Gold satin.
(c) White taffeta.
(d) Blue polka-dot.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jick's best friend?

2. The morning after counting sheep with Dode, what does Mac do to anger Jick?

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

4. Jick's parents allow him to ride which horse into town on the Fourth of July?

5. Jick compares his work at home, as assigned by Mac, to what historic event?

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