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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 morning.
(c) He offers to "forget" to report.
(d) He offers to delay reporting their status until the last moment in the evening.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?
(a) Lunch distribution.
(b) Stackman.
(c) Running the scatter rake.
(d) Stacker team driver.

7. In August, after haying season, Jick's mother is busy with what?
(a) Teaching school.
(b) Writing a chronicle of Gros Ventre history.
(c) Canning, pickling, and preserving food for the winter.
(d) Spinning wool and weaving.

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

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

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

12. What firefighting strategy does Stanley offer to Mac, following his observations about the opposite slope?
(a) Using a fireline is the wrong strategy.
(b) The fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope.
(c) Two firelines should be established.
(d) The fireline should be established in the valley.

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

14. What injury is suffered by a firefighter during Jick's first full day at the site?
(a) A crushed arm and collarbone.
(b) Burns on half of his body.
(c) A cracked skull.
(d) A broken ankle and leg burns.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving Alec and the ranch, Jick shares what thought with Ray?

2. On the morning when the new firefighting strategy is employed, by what time must Jick and Stanley evacuate?

3. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?

4. What is Jick's favorite card game?

5. Who is the mower on Jick's hay crew?

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