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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Angus when his father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

2. In 1890, where do Rob, Angus and other settlers spend the last day of the old year?
(a) Findlater's.
(b) Erskine's.
(c) Duff's.
(d) Frew's.

3. What did Alexander McCaskill, Angus's great-grandfather, help to build?
(a) Bell Rock lighthouse.
(b) Ardnamurchan Lighthouse.
(c) Lismore Lighthouse.
(d) Rattray Head lighthouse.

4. How much money did Lucas send to his family every Christmas?
(a) $150.
(b) $50.
(c) $100.
(d) $75.

5. From what town in Scotland did Anna Ramsay and her family come from?
(a) Netherton.
(b) Careston.
(c) Keithock.
(d) Brechin.

6. What Indian tribe lives north of Gros Ventre?
(a) Blackfeet.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Shoshone.
(d) Crow.

7. How long after Rob's father dies does his mother also die?
(a) 3 years.
(b) A year and a half.
(c) 18 months.
(d) About two years.

8. What color uniforms do the crew wear on the ship Rob and Angus take to America?
(a) Green.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

9. Who is president of the United States that first year that Rob and Angus are homesteading?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Tyler.
(d) Van Buren.

10. How many stars does the American flag have on it that flies in Gros Ventre?
(a) 41.
(b) 37.
(c) 39.
(d) 40.

11. What time of year does Gram Erskine die?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Winter.

12. In early 1891, where does Rob think they can get more hay if they add another thousand sheep to their flock?
(a) Duff.
(b) Spedderson.
(c) Frew.
(d) Erskine.

13. Whose portraits hang in the South Fork school?
(a) Lincoln and Harrison.
(b) Washington and Jefferson.
(c) Washington and Lincoln.
(d) Adams and Jefferson.

14. Where does Angus find work in Helena?
(a) Smithson's Mercantile.
(b) Browning's Mercantile.
(c) Cariston's Mercantile.
(d) McAngus's Mercantile.

15. When does Montana become a state?
(a) October 11, 1888.
(b) March 5, 1887.
(c) June 8, 1886.
(d) November 8, 1889.

Short Answer Questions

1. What bird do Rob and Angus see when they find Tom Mortensen dead near his chopping block?

2. What is the name of the horse that the Findlaters ride to school?

3. Where is Rob's Uncle's mine located?

4. When Angus left Scotland, how long had it been since Alexander McCaskill helped to build a lighthouse?

5. How tall was the lighthouse that Alexander McCaskill helped to build?

(see the answer keys)

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