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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the McCaskill family learn about Pearl Harbor?
(a) Conversation with Stanley.
(b) A phone call from headquarters.
(c) On the radio.
(d) An article in the Gleaner.

5. How does Paul show his trust in Mac and the new firefighting strategy?
(a) He offers to lie in his report.
(b) He offers to delay reporting their status until the last moment in the evening.
(c) He offers to "forget" to report.
(d) He offers to delay reporting their status until the last moment in the morning.

6. At Flume Gulch, when Jick catches Stanley drinking from a whiskey bottle, what does Jick learn?
(a) The bottle is filled with water, only lightly laced with whiskey.
(b) The bottle is empty.
(c) The bottle is filled with sugar water.
(d) The bottle is filled with white soda.

7. Who does Marcella marry, after her first marriage fails?
(a) Ray.
(b) Jick.
(c) A lawyer from Missoula.
(d) Alec.

8. After returning home from the war, where does Jick briefly work as a ranger?
(a) Yellowstone National Park.
(b) The Two Medicine National Forest.
(c) Custer National Forest.
(d) Indian Head.

9. While waiting for school to start, what project does Jick undertake?
(a) Wallpapering his porch bedroom.
(b) Learning how to rope.
(c) Canning with his mother.
(d) Learning how to tan hide.

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

11. 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 has a crush on Leona.
(d) He thinks Alec should leave town.

12. Based on the new firefighting strategy, where is the fire crew creating a new fireline?
(a) They are not creating a fireline.
(b) Breed Butte.
(c) Phantom Woman Mountain.
(d) Rooster Mountain.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had told the main character's parents, long ago, that he looked like "the jick of the family?"

2. What injury is suffered by a firefighter during Jick's first full day at the site?

3. The night of Jick's first day at camp, in how many places does Mack say the fire has jumped their fireline?

4. What is Jick's first meal after he leaves the scorched mountains?

5. According to Pete, who is the only man who knows the mountains of the Two as well as Mac?

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