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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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.

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

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

8. Which member of the hay crew does Good Help replace?
(a) Pete.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Jick.
(d) His son, Clayton.

9. 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) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Five.

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

11. When Mac leaves to fight the final English Creek fire, what does Lisabeth reveal to Jick about Leona?
(a) Leona is trying to decide whether to marry Alec or finish high school.
(b) Leona has left Alec.
(c) Leona has found another man.
(d) Leona is ill.

12. What is Jick's first meal after he leaves the scorched mountains?
(a) Fried chicken.
(b) Fried fish.
(c) Oyster stew.
(d) A ham sandwich.

13. Who takes over the Reese Ranch when Pete decides to sell?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Ray.
(c) The Double W.
(d) Jick.

14. 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.

15. What is Alec's response, when Jick asks him to help their father fight the forest fire?
(a) He joins the firefighters.
(b) He refuses.
(c) He ask his boss for permission, but is denied.
(d) He explains he is about to leave town.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?

3. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?

4. Who dies while fishing?

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

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