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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which classmate of Ivan's filmed a baseball instructional film at Wrigley Field?
(a) Benjamin.
(b) Grant.
(c) Votapek.
(d) Schulte.

2. Near what town did Ivan work that summer after his first year in college?
(a) Near Valier.
(b) Near White Sulphur Springs.
(c) Near Shelby.
(d) Near Dupuyer.

3. The Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range, how long was Bessie gone?
(a) One week.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) A month.
(d) Two weeks.

4. What old machine did Ivan like to play in and around at the Camas Ranch?
(a) A disc.
(b) A reaper.
(c) An old tractor.
(d) A combine.

5. During Ivan's first job on his own, what did the hale bays weigh that he had to pile onto a moving truck?
(a) 75 pounds.
(b) 80 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

6. What language did Ivan study that first year in college?
(a) Latin.
(b) German.
(c) French.
(d) Russian.

7. Who lived in a ranch colony beyond the second ridgeline to the south of the Jensen ranch?
(a) Mennonites.
(b) Anabaptists.
(c) Amish.
(d) Hutterites.

8. What project did McGrath want Charlie to do shortly after the sheep were settled on the grass at the reservation?
(a) Drive a combine.
(b) Making a delivery.
(c) Haying.
(d) Fencing.

9. As Ivan drove himself and Bessie back to the reservation range after a week away, how many years did he realize that he, Charlie, and Bessie had managed to stay together?
(a) Four years.
(b) Five years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

10. When did Charlie learn what was causing his shortness of breath?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1964.

11. How many weeks before McGrath offered Charlie the job on another ranch had Ivan started high school?
(a) Six weeks.
(b) Two weeks.
(c) Five weeks.
(d) Eight weeks.

12. How many days would the sheep graze on the reservation?
(a) Over 100 days.
(b) About 90 days.
(c) About 75 days.
(d) About 120 days.

13. Where did Bessie spend the Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Ringling.
(d) White Sulphur Springs.

14. Where did Ivan work at college?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the campus bookstore.
(c) In the cafeteria.
(d) In the kitchen.

15. Where would Ivan have a layover when he took the train to and from Northwestern?
(a) Fargo.
(b) Bismarck.
(c) St. Paul.
(d) Minneapolis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the single room called that Ivan qualified for when he was in college?

2. From where did Gertie Chadwick's family immigrate?

3. When were the sheep sheared when they were on the reservation range?

4. Where did Bessie, Charlie, and Ivan go to get groceries when they were on the reservation range?

5. Where were Charlie and Bessie working when Ivan came home from his first year of college?

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