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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. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Forest ranger.
(c) Logger.
(d) Sheep rancher.

2. Before the rodeo begins, what does Alec ask Jick to do?
(a) Be the best man at his wedding.
(b) Help him with his horse.
(c) Keep an eye on Leona.
(d) Ask his parents for forgiveness.

3. The morning after counting sheep with Dode, what does Mac do to anger Jick?
(a) He mistakenly called Jick "Alec."
(b) He treats Jick like a child.
(c) He burns their breakfast.
(d) He mistakenly called Jick "Dode."

4. What is the real first name of Mac?
(a) Isaac.
(b) Alec.
(c) Earl.
(d) Varick.

5. At the end of Part 2, how does Jick describe his Fourth of July?
(a) A toupee of grass on a cranium of rock.
(b) The end of summer and youth.
(c) An unsettled day.
(d) A set of hours worth the price of the rest of the life.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the caller at the square dance?

2. How is the landscape of the Two country often described?

3. How does Mac describe the fact that Jick is starting to grow up?

4. At the Fourth of July Picnic, which McCaskill makes a speech?

5. Who is Jick's best friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mac's square dance calling compare with that of Jerome, the main caller?

2. How, at the end of Part 2, does Jick sum up his Fourth of July experiences?

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

4. Briefly describe the main character of "English Creek," as portrayed early in the novel.

5. What fate befell many of the ranch families who used to live along English Creek prior to the start of the novel?

6. Why is Flame Gulch the McCaskills' favorite spot in the Two Medicine National Forest?

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

8. How, as Jick recollects, did he and Ray become friends?

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

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

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