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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 the prize for winning the calf roping competition at the rodeo?
(a) Thirty dollars and supper for two.
(b) A silver cup.
(c) Twenty dollars and supper for four.
(d) A silk shirt.

2. At the rodeo, who wins the calf roping competition?
(a) Alec.
(b) Toussaint.
(c) Mac.
(d) Dode.

3. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?
(a) Flibberty.
(b) Jibberty.
(c) Flighty.
(d) Flirty.

4. The day after the argument at the McCaskill dinner table, Mac sends Jick to check on whose ranch?
(a) Wendell's.
(b) Walter's.
(c) Dode's.
(d) Alec's.

5. What color is Alec's hair?
(a) Black.
(b) Brown.
(c) Red.
(d) Blond.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Mac's long-standing bet whenever he and his sons go fishing?

2. What is a jick?

3. How does Good Help dress up for a square dance?

4. What do most men notice about Velma's wardrobe when she arrives at the rodeo?

5. How did Stanley's pack horse injure him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the special skills of Isodor.

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

3. What announcement by Jick's brother, Alec, early in Part 1, shatters the McCaskill family?

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

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

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

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

8. After reading a story in the local paper, why is Jick so interested in the details of a wagon trip his mother took with her family twenty-five years prior?

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

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

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