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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to official instructions for feeding firefighters, how thick is Jick expected to slice meat?
(a) Four slices to the inch.
(b) As thin as possible.
(c) Two slices to the inch.
(d) Six slices to the inch.

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

3. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the slope opposite the fire?
(a) It has already burned.
(b) It is very hot.
(c) It is rocky, lacking anything that might burn.
(d) It is too steep to climb.

4. How does Pete convince Good Help to leave the hay crew, without actually firing him?
(a) Pete convinces him that haying season is over.
(b) Pete explains he has to cut everyone's wages.
(c) Pete offers to fire Wisdom and let Good Help do the work of two men.
(d) Pete offers to fire Jick and let Good Help do the work of two men.

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

6. How does Mac sardonically describe the new firefighting strategy to Wisdom?
(a) Firefighting by the numbers.
(b) Firefighting by braille.
(c) Fighting fire with fire.
(d) Firefighting by mail order.

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

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

9. When Jick visits Alec at his ranch, how do the ranch hands decide which two should go into town with the foreman?
(a) A jig competition.
(b) Picking numbers, 1 through 100.
(c) A game of cards.
(d) Drawing straws.

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

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

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

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

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

15. What is Wisdom's job on the hay crew?
(a) Stacker team driver.
(b) Running the scatter rake.
(c) Supervisor.
(d) Stackman.

Short Answer Questions

1. During haying season, who employs Jick?

2. Why is Jick not present when Alec returns home to say goodbye, before going off to war?

3. How does the Forest Service plan to cut costs at the beginning of fire season n 1939?

4. How does Stanley suggest Jick could measure an inch?

5. Based on the new firefighting strategy, where is the fire crew creating a new fireline?

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