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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jick visits Ray after leaving the forest fire site, what is Ray doing?
(a) Working at his father's store.
(b) Listening to the radio.
(c) Talking with Marcella.
(d) Mowing his lawn.

2. Who had told the main character's parents, long ago, that he looked like "the jick of the family?"
(a) Stanley.
(b) Pete.
(c) Alec.
(d) Toussaint.

3. At the end of Part 3, what grave announcement is made?
(a) Another war has begun in Europe.
(b) Another forest fire is burning in the Two.
(c) A loved one has passed away.
(d) Alec is missing.

4. Who is the mower on Jick's hay crew?
(a) Bud.
(b) Cyrus.
(c) Pete.
(d) Alec.

5. When Mac was a teenager, what was his relationship with Stanley?
(a) They were brothers by marriage.
(b) Stanley was Mac's teacher.
(c) Stanley was the landlord for Mac's family.
(d) Stanley was a father figure.

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

7. After leaving Alec and the ranch, Jick shares what thought with Ray?
(a) He thinks Alec might be ill.
(b) He has a crush on Leona.
(c) He thinks Alec should leave town.
(d) He doesn't think Alec and Leona will get married.

8. The night of Jick's first day at camp, in how many places does Mack say the fire has jumped their fireline?
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

9. Who had reported that the local ranger had been drinking when Phantom Woman burned?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Good Help.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mac.

10. Why is Jick not present when Alec returns home to say goodbye, before going off to war?
(a) Jick is snowed in at a basketball tournament.
(b) Jick is in Gros Ventre, spending the night with Ray.
(c) Jick hides because he does not want to see Alec.
(d) Jick is on his first date with a girl.

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

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

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

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

15. What is Wisdom's real name?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Dominic.
(d) Walter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What position does Jick take in the firefighting effort?

2. The morning after Mac joined the firefighters, what request does he send through his dispatcher?

3. How does Mac sardonically describe the new firefighting strategy to Wisdom?

4. What is riding with hobbled stirrups?

5. Who was fired from the Forest Service after Phantom Woman burned?

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