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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color hair does the minister have who marries Angus and Adair?
(a) Brown.
(b) Gray.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Black.

2. Where do the Hebner's come from?
(a) Missouri.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Indiana.

3. When does lambing season begin in 1898?
(a) April.
(b) May.
(c) February.
(d) March.

4. From where is the minister from who marries Angus and Adair?
(a) Charlo.
(b) Helena.
(c) Gros Ventre.
(d) Victor.

5. When does Meixel want to talk to the community about the national forest?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Sunday.
(c) Monday.
(d) Tuesday.

6. In 1897, who is the fiddler for the dance at the South Fork schoolhouse?
(a) Ninian Duff.
(b) George Frew.
(c) Willy Hahn.
(d) Tom Mortensen.

7. What is the name of a town that is built by irrigation?
(a) Conrad.
(b) Valier.
(c) Dutton.
(d) Augusta.

8. How old is Varick when he can ride a horse as well as Angus can?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

9. What does Varick drink at the Medicine Lodge when Angus goes to talk with Lucas about the national forest?
(a) Sarsparilla.
(b) Root beer.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Lemonade.

10. During the winter of 1897 when George Frew went for some supplies, what did Adair ask him to get?
(a) Needles.
(b) Darning thread.
(c) Deck of cards.
(d) Dried peaches.

11. How many fleeces fit into each woolsack?
(a) 20 or 30.
(b) 50 or 55.
(c) 15 or 20.
(d) 35 or 40.

12. How old is Varick when Angus finds him down under the workhorses at their oat trough?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

13. What winter does Toussaint call the winter they ate with the axe?
(a) 1885.
(b) 1886.
(c) 1887.
(d) 1884.

14. Who is the first person that Lucas dances with at the dance at the South Fork schoolhouse in 1897?
(a) Mavis.
(b) Grace.
(c) Judith.
(d) Nancy.

15. What color shirtwaist does Anna wear to the dance at South Fork schoolhouse in 1897?
(a) White.
(b) Pink.
(c) Lavender.
(d) Yellow.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who helps Angus clean the school room for a dance in 1897?

2. What is usually Angus's job on shearing day?

3. How long does Angus tell Adair that lambing season lasts?

4. What is the name of the newspaper in Gros Ventre in 1907?

5. When does Adair have a second miscarriage?

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