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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the real first name of Mac?
(a) Alec.
(b) Varick.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Earl.

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

3. During dinner with Pete, while Mac is away, Lisabeth avoids discussing what subject?
(a) Alec.
(b) Mac.
(c) The upcoming haying season.
(d) Forest fires.

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

5. What is Ed's occupation?
(a) Forest ranger.
(b) Saloon owner.
(c) Running a lumber yard.
(d) Fighter pilot.

6. What family occupies the original McCaskill home in Montana, as the novel begins?
(a) The Heaneys.
(b) The Withrows.
(c) The Reeses.
(d) The Hebners.

7. At the square dance, who does Jick ask to dance?
(a) His mother.
(b) Nola.
(c) Leona.
(d) Velma.

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

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

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

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

12. When Pete visits while Mac is away, what is the main topic of conversation during dinner?
(a) Alec's summer plans.
(b) Pete's dislike of Mac.
(c) The upcoming haying season.
(d) Forest fires.

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

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

15. At what time every evening does Ray's father turn on his radio?
(a) 8:00.
(b) 8:30.
(c) 7:30.
(d) 7:00.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the rodeo, where does Jick see Stanley?

2. What does Ray jokingly prescribe as a cure for Jick's faults?

3. During the escalating fight after the dance, whose punch does Ray intercept?

4. What is Velma's responsibility at the rodeo?

5. After the square dance, who gets into a fist fight?

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