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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. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Pete.
(c) Mac.
(d) Chet.

2. The night of Jick's first day at camp, in how many places does Mack say the fire has jumped their fireline?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Four.
(d) Five.

3. When Mac and Jick leave the scorched mountains, where do they stop to eat?
(a) The Medicine Lodge Saloon.
(b) The Lunchery.
(c) Sedgwick House.
(d) The Double W Ranch.

4. After returning home from the war, where does Jick briefly work as a ranger?
(a) Yellowstone National Park.
(b) The Two Medicine National Forest.
(c) Indian Head.
(d) Custer National Forest.

5. Who is the mower on Jick's hay crew?
(a) Cyrus.
(b) Bud.
(c) Alec.
(d) Pete.

Short Answer Questions

1. After leaving Alec and the ranch, Jick shares what thought with Ray?

2. Between lunch and dinner during their first full day at the camp, what does Stanley invite Jick to do?

3. What is a scatter rake?

4. Where does Jick fight in World War II?

5. When Jick visits Alec at his ranch, how do the ranch hands decide which two should go into town with the foreman?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. At the beginning of fire season in 1939, how does the Forest Service plan to cut costs?

3. What, as revealed in Part 4, becomes of Jick's brother, Alec?

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

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

6. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the grassy slope opposite to the fire, when they hike over?

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

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

9. After Mac requests fifty firefighters and a cook, what positions are assigned to Stanley and Jick?

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

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