This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind Test | Final Test - Hard

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This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind Test | Final Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. When was Dupuyer first settled?

2. How many acres was the Jensen ranch?

3. How many men had stayed working as crew with McGrath through the years?

4. Where did Bessie and Ivan go for a week and leave Charlie to herd the sheep alone at the reservation range?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Harold Chadwick do?

2. What does Ivan imagine Charlie and Bessie doing as he and Carol go about their days together?

3. What was jacketing?

4. What happened that made Ivan decide he never wanted anything to do with sheep again during the second summer of herding the sheep on the reservation range?

5. How would Ivan and Bessie try to save the sheep when they were plagued with ticks?

6. Why did Charlie leave Bessie and Ivan alone to herd the sheep?

7. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

8. Describe Dupuyer.

9. If Charlie and Bessie parted ways, why would Ivan choose to live with his father?

10. Describe the house on the Jensen ranch.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast McGrath's hired hands Mickey and Rudy. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why to Ivan his high school years were a regiment of calm rather than the torchlit, raucous time that many high schoolers experience. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss what the Stockman and other bars meant to Charlie and his friends and how the place helped the men cope with the problems in their lives.

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