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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. Jick's hay crew spends their final days where?
(a) Chopping trees at the edge of the Two.
(b) Alfalfa fields.
(c) Camping and fishing at Flume Gulch.
(d) A sheep ranch.

2. At Reese Ranch during haying season, what job is usually given to whichever Hebner boy happens to be twelve to fourteen years old?
(a) Stacker team driver.
(b) Lunch distribution.
(c) Running the scatter rake.
(d) Stackman.

3. At Flume Gulch, when Jick catches Stanley drinking from a whiskey bottle, what does Jick learn?
(a) The bottle is filled with sugar water.
(b) The bottle is empty.
(c) The bottle is filled with white soda.
(d) The bottle is filled with water, only lightly laced with whiskey.

4. What is Alec's response, when Jick asks him to help their father fight the forest fire?
(a) He joins the firefighters.
(b) He explains he is about to leave town.
(c) He ask his boss for permission, but is denied.
(d) He refuses.

5. Because the crop looks so favorable in the summer of 1939, how does the "Gleaner" describe the local ranchers?
(a) They are grinning like a Christian holding four aces.
(b) They are giddy like a bride on her wedding day.
(c) They are happy like a farmer at haying season.
(d) They are chomping at the bit like a racehorse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?

2. When Jick sees Leona years later, why does she say that time has cut her value?

3. According to official instructions for feeding firefighters, how thick is Jick expected to slice meat?

4. What is unusual about the paperwork Stanley submits for helping with the firefighting effort?

5. During Jick's first close-up view of the fire, how does he describe the orange flames?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Stanley convince Mac to give him a private audience, when Mac is trying to strategize with Paul and the fire foremen?

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

3. Who are the members of Pete's hay crew at the beginning of the 1939 season, and what are their assigned duties?

4. 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?

5. Why does Stanley suggest to Mac that their fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope, rather than the bottom of the slope that is currently on fire?

6. What was the early relationship between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?

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

8. Briefly describe Pete's strategy in getting rid of the incompetent Good Help without firing him.

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

10. While Jick helps Pete with his machine repairs at the beginning of Part 3, how does Pete respond when Jick asks him about Stanley?

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