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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many houses are in the North Folk valley by the end of 1891?
(a) 11.
(b) 9.
(c) 7.
(d) 13.

2. What is the name of Fritz Hahn's dog?
(a) Manny.
(b) Blitzen.
(c) River.
(d) Lady.

3. What is the name of the horse that the Findlaters ride to school?
(a) Hunter.
(b) Snowy.
(c) Patches.
(d) Sparky.

4. What bird do Rob and Angus see when they find Tom Mortensen dead near his chopping block?
(a) Magpie.
(b) Starling.
(c) Flycatcher.
(d) Blackbird.

5. Where is Rob's Uncle's mine located?
(a) Billings.
(b) Great Falls.
(c) Helena.
(d) Gros Ventre.

6. During their first year on their homesteads, when does Angus first see frost?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) July.
(d) October.

7. What type of trees does Angus see when the storm lets up as they are traveling to Gros Ventre?
(a) Poplar.
(b) Ash.
(c) Cottonwood.
(d) Pine.

8. What does Ninian Duff bring to the valley that quickly whitens the walls in Scotch Heaven households?
(a) Paint.
(b) Whitewash.
(c) Limewash.
(d) Calcimine.

9. Where did the founder of Gros Ventre come from and go back to?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Missouri.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Michigan.

10. Where did Lucas's partner, Johnny Dorgan, take Lucas when he got hurt in a mining accident?
(a) Fort Davis.
(b) Fort Shaw.
(c) Fort Benton.
(d) Fort Robinson.

11. When some of the children are late for school the first day that Angus teaches, which of the children gives an excuse for their tardiness?
(a) Susan Duff.
(b) Davie Erskine.
(c) Betsy Frew.
(d) Jimmy Spedderson.

12. What year is Angus asked to teach school?
(a) 1893.
(b) 1892.
(c) 1894.
(d) 1895.

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

14. How much larger is Montana than Scotland?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 7 times.
(c) 4 times.
(d) 6 times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much larger is New York city than Glasgow?

2. What type of a church is in Gros Ventre?

3. How many sheep do Rob and Lucas have by the fall of 1896?

4. When do Rob and Judith marry?

5. Where does the ship that Rob and Angus are taking to America pick up Irish passengers?

(see the answer keys)

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