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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. How does Mac sardonically describe the new firefighting strategy to Wisdom?
2. How does Jick compare his job to that of the firefighters?
3. Who was the ranger at Indian Head in 1919, when Phantom Woman burned?
4. While waiting for school to start, what project does Jick undertake?
5. What is riding with hobbled stirrups?
Short Essay Questions
1. Shortly after the death of Mac, what big question does Lisabeth ask of Jick?
2. When Jick and Lisabeth eat dinner alone, while Mac fights the forest fire, what news does Lisabeth share about Leona?
3. Describe the decorating project Jick undertakes, to keep himself occupied in the heat of August.
4. What, as revealed in Part 4, becomes of Jick's brother, Alec?
5. How does Jick describe the avalanche of fire that fills the gulch, and why is the event significant?
6. 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?
7. At the beginning of fire season in 1939, how does the Forest Service plan to cut costs?
8. Why is Cyrus better known by the nickname, "Wisdom?"
9. What was the early relationship between Stanley and Mac, as revealed near the end of Part 3?
10. Why is Jick fond of operating the scatter rake?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Jick's coming of age in the summer of 1939 includes the rudiments of sexual awakening. Discuss his attitudes throughout the novel, involving Leona, Velma, Marcella, and his mother, with regard to his maturing attitudes toward girls and women.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the role of alcoholism and alcohol consumption in "English Creek." Minus the alcohol, could the story have unfolded in the same way? What seems to be Doig's attitude toward alcohol?
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