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

2. When Jick visits Ray after leaving the forest fire site, what is Ray doing?
(a) Working at his father's store.
(b) Mowing his lawn.
(c) Talking with Marcella.
(d) Listening to the radio.

3. Why is Jick not present when Alec returns home to say goodbye, before going off to war?
(a) Jick is on his first date with a girl.
(b) Jick is in Gros Ventre, spending the night with Ray.
(c) Jick is snowed in at a basketball tournament.
(d) Jick hides because he does not want to see Alec.

4. What ultimately becomes of Ray, according to Jick, years later?
(a) He owns his father's lumber yard.
(b) He lives in China.
(c) He runs an insurance agency.
(d) He dies in a car crash.

5. Where does Jick fight in World War II?
(a) Japan.
(b) The Aleutians.
(c) In a submarine.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. In August, after haying season, Jick's mother is busy with what?

2. The night of Jick's first day at camp, in how many places does Mack say the fire has jumped their fireline?

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

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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