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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. According to Pete, who is the only man who knows the mountains of the Two as well as Mac?
(a) Alec.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Jick.
(d) Pete.

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

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

4. How does Jick describe the avalanche that suddenly fills the gulch, where the firefighters would have been if the original strategy had stayed in effect?
(a) A hoarde of demons.
(b) A glorious tragedy in slow motion.
(c) An exploding wave, a tide.
(d) An unspeakable horror.

5. Which member of the hay crew does Good Help replace?
(a) Jick.
(b) His son, Clayton.
(c) Pete.
(d) Wisdom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What firefighting strategy does Stanley offer to Mac, following his observations about the opposite slope?

2. Who is the dispatcher at the ranger station?

3. How does Mac sardonically describe the new firefighting strategy to Wisdom?

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

5. On the morning when the new firefighting strategy is employed, by what time must Jick and Stanley evacuate?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Shortly after the death of Mac, what big question does Lisabeth ask of Jick?

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

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

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

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

10. 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?

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