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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jick's parents allow him to ride which horse into town on the Fourth of July?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Pony.
(c) Fury.
(d) Bubbles.

2. Who is Isodor?
(a) Lisabeth's brother.
(b) A packer, a person who loads supplies onto horses for deliveries.
(c) A man who repairs saddles and bales hay, depending on the season.
(d) Stanley's brother.

3. What is the name of the town nearest to the McCaskill's home?
(a) North Fork.
(b) English Creek.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Butte.

4. During the escalating fight after the dance, whose punch does Ray intercept?
(a) Alec's.
(b) Jick's.
(c) Arlee's.
(d) Mac's.

5. When an intoxicated Dode approaches Jick prior to the rodeo, what is Jick drinking?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) A milkshake.
(c) Orange soda.
(d) Grape soda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Jick's best friend?

2. What is the name of the horse Jick rides in Part 1?

3. How much money does Jick's father give him for spending on the Fourth of July?

4. Jick compares his work at home, as assigned by Mac, to what historic event?

5. After the rodeo, while waiting for the square dance, how does Jick describe his summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, why is Jick so upset when his father accidentally calls him "Alec?"

2. How is a counting vee used to count sheep?

3. What two special privileges does Jick's father grant him on the morning of the Fourth of July?

4. During the square dance after the rodeo, how does Jick imagine his parents?

5. Why, in Part 1, does Jick describe his father as being "between and between and between?"

6. Why is the Two country described as a toupee of grass on a cranium of rock?

7. Why does Ed say his main memory of fighting in France is shaving?

8. When Earl and Alec come to blows outside the square dancing venue, how does the fight end?

9. Briefly describe Jick's mishap with Bubbles, the pack horse, on the way to Andy Gustafson's camp.

10. What philosophical advice does Lisabeth offer to Jick in Part 2, after he repeatedly questions her about events in the past?

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