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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the real first name of Mac?
2. What sort of dress does Leona wear to the square dance?
3. What is Velma's responsibility at the rodeo?
4. What offer does Mac make to Stanley, in Part 1, due to his injury?
5. Who ultimately skins most of the dead sheep?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Pete joins Lisabeth and Jick for dinner in Part 2, how does Lisabeth respond to Pete's advice regarding Alec? What unusual writing technique does the author display in this response?
2. What fate befell many of the ranch families who used to live along English Creek prior to the start of the novel?
3. After the rodeo, why is Jick unable to finish his conversation with Stanley?
4. As Jick finishes digging the new outhouse pit, why does Alec visit the McCaskill house?
5. Why, in Part 1, does Jick describe his father as being "between and between and between?"
6. When Earl and Alec come to blows outside the square dancing venue, how does the fight end?
7. Describe the special skills of Isodor.
8. Briefly describe Jick's first experience with drinking whiskey.
9. How does Mac's square dance calling compare with that of Jerome, the main caller?
10. Early in Part 2, why does Jick feel hard used by Mac?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Williamsons and the Double W Ranch are seen, throughout "English Creek," as symbolic of the evil of greed and excess wealth. Cite several examples in the novel when greed is illustrated by actions of the Williamsons. Consider also Lisabeth's speech at the Fourth of July Picnic.
Essay Topic 2
Describe Flume Gorge, the McCaskill's favorite place in the Two Medicine National Forest. Why do they feel so strongly about that location? Why is it significant that, in the climax of the novel, the glorious Flume Gorge is on fire?
Essay Topic 3
Descriptions of a past way of life are interwoven in the novel, from counting sheep to haying, from canning to square dancing. Discuss how these descriptions add depth and authenticity to the novel.
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