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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 was fired from the Forest Service after Phantom Woman burned?
(a) Pete.
(b) Mac.
(c) Stanley.
(d) Good Help.

2. What is Jick's first meal after he leaves the scorched mountains?
(a) A ham sandwich.
(b) Fried fish.
(c) Fried chicken.
(d) Oyster stew.

3. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?
(a) Stacker team driver.
(b) Stackman.
(c) Running the scatter rake.
(d) Lunch distribution.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wisdom's real name?

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

3. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Jick describe the avalanche of fire that fills the gulch, and why is the event significant?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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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