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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. After leaving Alec and the ranch, Jick shares what thought with Ray?
(a) He thinks Alec might be ill.
(b) He thinks Alec should leave town.
(c) He doesn't think Alec and Leona will get married.
(d) He has a crush on Leona.

2. Who does Marcella marry, after her first marriage fails?
(a) Alec.
(b) Jick.
(c) Ray.
(d) A lawyer from Missoula.

3. When Mac was a teenager, what was his relationship with Stanley?
(a) Stanley was Mac's teacher.
(b) Stanley was a father figure.
(c) Stanley was the landlord for Mac's family.
(d) They were brothers by marriage.

4. Who goes into town to fetch the extra lunches?
(a) Velma.
(b) Stanley.
(c) Jick.
(d) Lisabeth.

5. Where does Jick seek shelter when an electrical storm blows up, on his way into town?
(a) Under a large outcropping of rock.
(b) The Reese Ranch.
(c) The Double W Ranch.
(d) An abandoned cabin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jick's job on the hay crew?

2. Why is Jick sent into town during haying season, after a night of rain?

3. What ultimately becomes of Ray, according to Jick, years later?

4. What is Alec's response, when Jick asks him to help their father fight the forest fire?

5. Who was fired from the Forest Service after Phantom Woman burned?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. At the end of Part 3, what ominous announcement is made, and by whom?

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

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

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

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