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

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

3. In what part of Montana did Lisabeth grow up?
(a) Noon Creek.
(b) English Creek.
(c) Missoula.
(d) Gros Ventre.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How are Marie and Toussaint related?

2. At what time every evening does Ray's father turn on his radio?

3. From what country did the McCaskill family emigrate in the 1880s?

4. After the rodeo, who eases Jick away when he tries to question Stanley?

5. On Club Day, who arrives to pick up Lisabeth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are eighteen of the sheep in the care of Canada Dan dead, and what work is Jick required to do as a result?

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

4. After the rodeo, why is Jick unable to finish his conversation with Stanley?

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

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

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

8. How does the appearance of Velma affect Jick, when she arrives at the rodeo?

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

10. What are the two main causes of Dode's rodeo injuries?

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