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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. What Indian tribes used to live in the area where Ivan and his father lived?

2. How old were the boys at school that Ivan could make flinch with his snowballs?

3. How old was Charles Doig when his wife died?

4. Where does the story begin?

5. What did Ivan receive as an early sixth birthday present?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Ivan and his parents go during the last winter of World War II?

2. Describe Thomas Ringer.

3. Who asked Charlie and Ivan to move in with him so Ivan could start school?

4. Where did Bessie work after Tom left and she ended their marriage?

5. Describe Ivan's father as he looked in Ivan's photo album.

6. What was boarding out?

7. Can Ivan see the sickness to come in the photos of his mother?

8. When did Bessie break her marriage?

9. What did a forest ranger say about Ivan's mother?

10. Why did Ivan's father and Cliff decide to leave an outfit?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the meaning of the title of the book This House of Sky.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that the land played in people's lives in the book. Use examples from This House of Sky.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss why some people talked about Charlie Doig as if he were two separate men.

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