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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 a scatter rake?
(a) A wheelbarrow with a rake attached, for spreading seed.
(b) A ten-foot axle with two iron wheels, edged with curved teeth.
(c) A metal device for removing weeds.
(d) A hand rake used to remove foreign plant matter from hay fields.

2. What firefighting strategy does Stanley offer to Mac, following his observations about the opposite slope?
(a) The fireline should be established in the valley.
(b) The fireline should be moved to the top of the opposing slope.
(c) Using a fireline is the wrong strategy.
(d) Two firelines should be established.

3. Who dies while fishing?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Alec.
(c) Mac.
(d) Pete.

4. Who takes over the Reese Ranch when Pete decides to sell?
(a) Jick.
(b) The Double W.
(c) Ray.
(d) Stanley.

5. What is unusual about the paperwork Stanley submits for helping with the firefighting effort?
(a) It is missing some pages.
(b) He signs with an X.
(c) He uses a false last name.
(d) He crosses out and initials some paragraphs.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Which member of the hay crew does Good Help replace?

4. When Jick visits Ray after leaving the forest fire site, what is Ray doing?

5. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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