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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. At the end of Part 3, who makes a grave announcement?
(a) Tollie.
(b) Ray's father.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Mac.

2. Who does Marcella marry, after her first marriage fails?
(a) Alec.
(b) A lawyer from Missoula.
(c) Ray.
(d) Jick.

3. When Jick sees Leona years later, why does she say that time has cut her value?
(a) Her hair has changed from gold to silver.
(b) She has never married.
(c) Her family has lost their fortune.
(d) She no longer has her girlish figure.

4. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?
(a) Running the scatter rake.
(b) Stackman.
(c) Stacker team driver.
(d) Lunch distribution.

5. Who had told the main character's parents, long ago, that he looked like "the jick of the family?"
(a) Stanley.
(b) Alec.
(c) Toussaint.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the slope opposite the fire?

2. What is Wisdom's real name?

3. What position does Stanley offer to fill in the firefighting effort?

4. After a lightning storm on August 25, how many fires are burning in Mac's English Creek district?

5. How does the McCaskill family learn about Pearl Harbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the six fires, ignited during a storm on August 25, 1939, progress?

2. What is the first breakfast Stanley and Jick prepare for the firefighters?

3. How, during haying season, does Jick find himself at the Double W Ranch with Alec?

4. When Jick sees Alec at the Double W Ranch, what are Alec's professional and personal circumstances?

5. What is the cause of the past rift between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?

6. When Jick and Lisabeth eat dinner alone, while Mac fights the forest fire, what news does Lisabeth share about Leona?

7. Describe the decorating project Jick undertakes, to keep himself occupied in the heat of August.

8. Why is Jick fond of operating the scatter rake?

9. At the end of Part 3, what ominous announcement is made, and by whom?

10. In the final scene of "English Creek," when Jick tells Stanley he's sorry about the way things went after the Phantom Woman fire, how does Stanley respond?

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