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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What simile does Angus use to compare the darkness of the night on board ship?
(a) A cloudy night.
(b) Inside of a cow's stomach.
(c) A cave.
(d) The basement of his house.

2. How long does a homesteader have to prove his land?
(a) 7 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 10 years.
(d) 5 years.

3. What does Anna Ramsay ask Angus to bring her?
(a) Reading primers.
(b) Buckets.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Montana geography books.

4. What is the subject in which the Findlaters do well?
(a) Reading.
(b) Spelling.
(c) History.
(d) Arithmetic.

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

6. What time of year does Gram Erskine die?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

7. How many stars does the American flag have on it that flies in Gros Ventre?
(a) 40.
(b) 39.
(c) 41.
(d) 37.

8. When do Rob and Angus leave for America?
(a) 1889.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1888.

9. When was the Starvation Winter as the Blackfeet called it?
(a) 1892.
(b) 1893.
(c) 1890.
(d) 1891.

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

11. How much is a shilling worth in American money when Angus and Rob emigrate?
(a) 13 cents.
(b) 31 cents.
(c) 24 cents.
(d) 17 cents.

12. How much larger is New York city than Glasgow?
(a) 15 times.
(b) 20 times.
(c) 25 times.
(d) 30 times.

13. In what month does Archie Findlater lose half his band of sheep to a blizzard?
(a) September.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) April.

14. What is the name of the ship that Rob and Angus take to America?
(a) Barque Jane.
(b) Brig Galate.
(c) James Watt.
(d) Lady Egidia.

15. What type of meat do Rob and Angus eat during the winter of 1890-91?
(a) Mutton.
(b) Deer.
(c) Beef.
(d) Elk.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the Speddersons come from before settling in Montana?

2. What is the name of the driver of the freight wagon that takes Angus and Rob to Gros Ventre?

3. Who is president of the United States that first year that Rob and Angus are homesteading?

4. What is the name of Rob's uncle's mine?

5. What color eyes does Lucas have?

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