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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Reese Ranch during haying season, what job is usually given to whichever Hebner boy happens to be twelve to fourteen years old?
(a) Stackman.
(b) Stacker team driver.
(c) Lunch distribution.
(d) Running the scatter rake.

2. What is Perry's winter job?
(a) Working in the lumber yard.
(b) Bricklayer.
(c) Mending harnesses.
(d) Grocer.

3. What is unusual about the paperwork Stanley submits for helping with the firefighting effort?
(a) He uses a false last name.
(b) He signs with an X.
(c) He crosses out and initials some paragraphs.
(d) It is missing some pages.

4. On the morning when the new firefighting strategy is employed, by what time must Jick and Stanley evacuate?
(a) 10:00 in the morning.
(b) 1:00 in the afternoon.
(c) 7:00 in the evening.
(d) Noon.

5. Who was Wisdom with, before being brought to the Reese Ranch for the 1939 haying season?
(a) Fancy Nancy.
(b) Bouncing Betty.
(c) Happy Helen.
(d) Giggling Gertie.

6. After a lightning storm on August 25, how many fires are burning in Mac's English Creek district?
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Two.
(d) Six.

7. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?
(a) The Double W Ranch.
(b) Under a large outcropping of rock.
(c) The Reese Ranch.
(d) An abandoned cabin.

8. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?
(a) Pete.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Mac.
(d) Good Help.

9. Who dies while fishing?
(a) Mac.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Pete.
(d) Alec.

10. When Jick sees Leona years later, why does she say that time has cut her value?
(a) She has never married.
(b) Her family has lost their fortune.
(c) Her hair has changed from gold to silver.
(d) She no longer has her girlish figure.

11. Between lunch and dinner during their first full day at the camp, what does Stanley invite Jick to do?
(a) Take a walk with him.
(b) Sing along with him.
(c) Share extra food from lunch.
(d) Share his whiskey.

12. Why is Jick sent into town during haying season, after a night of rain?
(a) To find a replacement for Good Help.
(b) To have the scatter rake repaired.
(c) To fetch a batch of oyster stew for the hay crew.
(d) To seek medical attention.

13. What is Jick's final news of Alec?
(a) He was lost at sea.
(b) His plane crashed in the mountains near Germany.
(c) He was killed in a desert in Tunisia.
(d) He was living in China.

14. Who goes into town to fetch the extra lunches?
(a) Velma.
(b) Jick.
(c) Lisabeth.
(d) Stanley.

15. By what time each day is Mac required to report to the Forest Service, indicating whether or not the fire is under control?
(a) 1:00 each afternoon.
(b) Noon.
(c) 10:00 each morning.
(d) 7:00 each evening.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jick's favorite card game?

2. At the end of Part 3, what grave announcement is made?

3. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the slope opposite the fire?

4. What is Wisdom's real name?

5. What ultimately becomes of Ray, according to Jick, years later?

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