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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. Through what are sheep herded for the purpose of counting?
(a) A needle vee.
(b) A counting vee.
(c) The eye of a needle.
(d) A sheep gate.

2. What task does Mac assign to Jick, for the time that he will be away?
(a) Shearing the sheep.
(b) Digging a new outhouse pit.
(c) Taking care of his mother.
(d) Painting the shed.

3. What sort of pilot is Ray?
(a) The sort who piles it here, piles it there, in a lumberyard.
(b) A firefighting pilot for the forest service.
(c) A flight instructor.
(d) A fighter pilot.

4. When Pete visits while Mac is away, what is the main topic of conversation during dinner?
(a) Pete's dislike of Mac.
(b) The upcoming haying season.
(c) Forest fires.
(d) Alec's summer plans.

5. After leaving Canada Dan, why does Stanley scold Jick when he starts to open the gate to a cabin?
(a) The owner of the cabin could have a weapon.
(b) It's dangerous to touch a wire fence during an electrical storm.
(c) The gate has a sign that states, "No Trespassing."
(d) The cabin would be dangerous shelter in a storm, due to its tin roof.

Short Answer Questions

1. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?

2. During the escalating fight after the dance, whose punch does Ray intercept?

3. During dinner at the McCaskill home early in Part 1, what is the subject of the family's argument?

4. Who was Lisabeth's father?

5. What is Mac's occupation, as the novel begins?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Briefly describe Jick's first experience with drinking whiskey.

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

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

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

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

9. When Pete joins Lisabeth and Jick for dinner in Part 2, how does Lisabeth respond to Pete's advice regarding Alec? What unusual writing technique does the author display in this response?

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

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