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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. Who dies while fishing?
2. Why is Jick sent into town during haying season, after a night of rain?
3. How does the McCaskill family learn about Pearl Harbor?
4. How does the Forest Service plan to cut costs at the beginning of fire season n 1939?
5. Who goes into town to fetch the extra lunches?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Describe the decorating project Jick undertakes, to keep himself occupied in the heat of August.
3. 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?
4. Why is Jick fond of operating the scatter rake?
5. Describe the final moments of Mac's life.
6. What do Stanley and Jick notice about the grassy slope opposite to the fire, when they hike over?
7. Shortly after the death of Mac, what big question does Lisabeth ask of Jick?
8. Briefly describe Pete's strategy in getting rid of the incompetent Good Help without firing him.
9. When Jick sees Alec at the Double W Ranch, what are Alec's professional and personal circumstances?
10. How, during haying season, does Jick find himself at the Double W Ranch with Alec?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the important role fire, along with the threat of fire, plays in the novel. How does fire drive characters apart? How does it unite them? How does the uncontrollable nature of fire, ultimately controlled by man with proper planning, support Doig's view of man's relationship with nature?
Essay Topic 2
When Mac is summoned to Missoula for fire danger classes, he rails against regulations and "desk jockeys." Why does Mac value experience and instinct over rules and training? Why, given his attitude, does he want Alec to go to college rather than face life head on and gain experience?
Essay Topic 3
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.
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