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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Before Jick leaves Alec and the ranch, what secret does Alec ask him to keep?
(a) Alec is a scatter raker, not a rider.
(b) Alec and Leona are eloping.
(c) Alec plans to leave town.
(d) Alec has a new girlfriend.

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

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

7. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?
(a) Mac.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Pete.
(d) Chet.

8. What is a scatter rake?
(a) A hand rake used to remove foreign plant matter from hay fields.
(b) A metal device for removing weeds.
(c) A ten-foot axle with two iron wheels, edged with curved teeth.
(d) A wheelbarrow with a rake attached, for spreading seed.

9. How many fish had the deceased person caught, before he died?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Seven.
(d) None.

10. When Jick visits Alec's bunkhouse, how does Jick determine which bunk is his brother's?
(a) The unmade bed.
(b) A picture of Leona.
(c) A picture of the McCaskill family.
(d) The perfectly made bed.

11. What is Jick's favorite card game?
(a) Crazy Eights.
(b) Poker.
(c) Pitch.
(d) Gin Rummy.

12. How does Jick compare his job to that of the firefighters?
(a) They are all physically exhausted.
(b) Their days stretch on as if weeks.
(c) While Jick uses fire to cook food, the firefighters use food as fuel to fight fire.
(d) As the fire has hunger for the forest, the firefighters have an epidemic of appetite.

13. During Jick's first close-up view of the fire, how does he describe the orange flames?
(a) A dancing tribe amid the trees.
(b) A vertical sunset.
(c) Orange soda pouring down the mountainside.
(d) Ravenous tigers devouring the trees.

14. What ultimately becomes of Ray, according to Jick, years later?
(a) He owns his father's lumber yard.
(b) He runs an insurance agency.
(c) He dies in a car crash.
(d) He lives in China.

15. What position does Stanley offer to fill in the firefighting effort?
(a) Fire lookout.
(b) Cook.
(c) Coordinator.
(d) Water carrier.

Short Answer Questions

1. In August, after haying season, Jick's mother is busy with what?

2. Who dies while fishing?

3. What is Jick's final news of Alec?

4. How does the McCaskill family learn about Pearl Harbor?

5. How does Pete convince Good Help to leave the hay crew, without actually firing him?

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