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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. How does Good Help dress up for a square dance?
(a) A pin-stripe suit.
(b) Topping off his usual overalls with a flat cap.
(c) Gray jeans.
(d) A solid-colored shirt rather than the usual plaid.

2. On Club Day, who arrives to pick up Lisabeth?
(a) Alice.
(b) Leona.
(c) Isodor.
(d) Stanley.

3. What color is Leona's hair?
(a) Golden blonde.
(b) Vivid red.
(c) Raven black.
(d) Mouse brown.

4. What offer does Mac make to Stanley, in Part 1, due to his injury?
(a) He offers to let Jick assist him with delivering supplies.
(b) He offers to have Jick take Stanley to town, for medical attention.
(c) He offers to assist Stanley with delivering supplies.
(d) Hel offers to help Stanley find a job.

5. During his third day of laboring on Mac's assignment, from whom does Jick hide?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Leona.
(c) Alec.
(d) Isodor.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the announcer at the rodeo?

2. Who is Jick's best friend?

3. What sort of dress does Leona wear to the square dance?

4. Early in "English Creek," what task do Jick and his father set out to do?

5. What is the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the topic of Lisabeth's speech at the Fourth of July Picnic?

2. During the Fourth of July Picnic, how does Toussaint make Jick uncomfortable?

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

4. As Jick finishes digging the new outhouse pit, why does Alec visit the McCaskill house?

5. Early in Part 2, why does Jick feel hard used by Mac?

6. After the rodeo, when Jick says the summer has left him feeling unsettled, how does Ray respond?

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

8. What foods do Jick and his family enjoy at the Fourth of July Picnic?

9. Before the rodeo, why does Alec ask Jick to keep an eye on Leona?

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

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