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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of trees are near the Noon Creek school?
(a) Willows.
(b) Birches.
(c) Pines.
(d) Cottonwoods.

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

3. What color hair does Anna Ramsay have?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

4. How old is Rob's sister, Adair, when he leaves for America?
(a) 10.
(b) 9.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

5. From January 10 to January 22, 1891, what does the thermometer never rise above?
(a) 5 below zero.
(b) 15 below zero.
(c) 10 below zero.
(d) 20 below zero.

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

7. When do Rob and Judith marry?
(a) May.
(b) April.
(c) July.
(d) June.

8. How much do the passengers have to pay for mattress, tin, and soap on board ship?
(a) 5 shillings.
(b) 4 shillings.
(c) 2 shillings.
(d) 3 shillings.

9. Where does Angus find work in Helena?
(a) Browning's Mercantile.
(b) Cariston's Mercantile.
(c) Smithson's Mercantile.
(d) McAngus's Mercantile.

10. What does common report say Isaac Reese's nationality was?
(a) Finnish.
(b) Norwegian.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Danish.

11. Where does the ship that Rob and Angus are taking to America pick up Irish passengers?
(a) Bangor.
(b) Queenstown.
(c) Dublin.
(d) Ballycastle.

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

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

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

15. How many acres can a homesteader claim?
(a) 160.
(b) 300.
(c) 200.
(d) 260.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the teacher who taught before Angus takes over the classroom at South Fork?

2. What bird do Rob and Angus see when they find Tom Mortensen dead near his chopping block?

3. From what town in Scotland did Anna Ramsay and her family come from?

4. Near where does the steward have the passengers throw their straw mattresses overboard?

5. How old was Angus when his mother died?

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