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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) Chet.
(c) Pete.
(d) Mac.

2. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?
(a) Good Help.
(b) Pete.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Mac.

3. Who was Wisdom with, before being brought to the Reese Ranch for the 1939 haying season?
(a) Giggling Gertie.
(b) Bouncing Betty.
(c) Fancy Nancy.
(d) Happy Helen.

4. What position does Jick take in the firefighting effort?
(a) Fire lookout.
(b) Assistant to Mac.
(c) Assistant to Stanley.
(d) Water carrier.

5. During haying season, who employs Jick?
(a) Stanley.
(b) Pete.
(c) Mac.
(d) Bud.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many fish had the deceased person caught, before he died?

2. Because the crop looks so favorable in the summer of 1939, how does the "Gleaner" describe the local ranchers?

3. At Reese Ranch during haying season, what job is usually given to whichever Hebner boy happens to be twelve to fourteen years old?

4. Based on the new firefighting strategy, where is the fire crew creating a new fireline?

5. The morning after Mac joined the firefighters, what request does he send through his dispatcher?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. 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?

7. Describe the final moments of Mac's life.

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

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

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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