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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the name of Stanley's pack horse?
(a) Pony.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Jick.
(d) Bubbles.

3. How does Mac describe the fact that Jick is starting to grow up?
(a) "You didn't just fall off the turnip truck."
(b) "Your legs are long enough that they reach the ground."
(c) "You're dry behind the ears."
(d) "You're tall enough to need a bigger horse."

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

5. Jick's parents allow him to ride which horse into town on the Fourth of July?
(a) Fury.
(b) Mouse.
(c) Bubbles.
(d) Pony.

6. In Part 2, when does Alec arrive at the McCaskill house for a visit?
(a) Just after his father returns.
(b) On the final day before his father's return.
(c) During Pete's dinner visit.
(d) On the Fourth of July.

7. What offer does Mac make to Stanley, in Part 1, due to his injury?
(a) Hel offers to help Stanley find a job.
(b) He offers to let Jick assist him with delivering supplies.
(c) He offers to assist Stanley with delivering supplies.
(d) He offers to have Jick take Stanley to town, for medical attention.

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

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

10. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?
(a) The horse kicked him in the leg.
(b) The horse kicked him in the hand.
(c) The horse bit him in the leg.
(d) The horse bit him in the hand.

11. Early in "English Creek," what task do Jick and his father set out to do?
(a) Bale hay.
(b) Chop wood.
(c) Shear sheep.
(d) Count sheep.

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

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

14. What does Stanley describe as "a dollar a Scotchman's been squeezing?"
(a) A nickel.
(b) A dime.
(c) A penny.
(d) A quarter.

15. Jick thinks Ray has a romantic interest in which local girl?
(a) Mary Ellen.
(b) Velma.
(c) Marcella.
(d) Leona.

Short Answer Questions

1. After mulling over his mother's wagon trip for a day, Jick leads his mother into discussing what topic?

2. How are Jick and Alec related?

3. On Club Day, who arrives to pick up Lisabeth?

4. What task does Mac assign to Jick, for the time that he will be away?

5. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?

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