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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. During conversation on Thursday while Mac is away, how does Lisabeth describe Leona?
2. How are Jick and Alec related?
3. When the dance caller needs a break, who does he recruit as his replacement?
4. How does Good Help dress up for a square dance?
5. Why does Alec visit his parents' house in Part 2?
Short Essay Questions
1. When Earl and Alec come to blows outside the square dancing venue, how does the fight end?
2. What philosophical advice does Lisabeth offer to Jick in Part 2, after he repeatedly questions her about events in the past?
3. During the Fourth of July Picnic, how does Toussaint make Jick uncomfortable?
4. Describe the special skills of Isodor.
5. After reading a story in the local paper, why is Jick so interested in the details of a wagon trip his mother took with her family twenty-five years prior?
6. Early in Part 2, why does Jick feel hard used by Mac?
7. What fate befell many of the ranch families who used to live along English Creek prior to the start of the novel?
8. What are the two main causes of Dode's rodeo injuries?
9. While Mac calls a square dance on the Fourth of July, who does Jick ask to dance and how does she respond?
10. How does Mac's square dance calling compare with that of Jerome, the main caller?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the main theme of "English Creek?" Discuss the relevance of several plots and subplots to the main theme.
Essay Topic 2
The fishing exploits of the McCaskill males are mentioned frequently in the novel. Discuss the poignancy and symbolism of Mac's death, when he is found with nine fish on his stringer and one on his hook.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Jick consider July 4, 1939, to be "that immense day, that never-can-be-forgotten-Fourth," and "a set of hours worth the price of the rest of the life" at the conclusion of Part 2? Why does Doig devote a proportionately huge number of pages to this one day, even though the action of "English Creek" spans a whole summer and includes an epilogue in Part 4 that spans many years? Which events are most immense, in the eyes of Jick?
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