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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Angus left Scotland, how long had it been since Alexander McCaskill helped to build a lighthouse?
(a) 80 years.
(b) 70 years.
(c) 100 years.
(d) 60 years.

2. What do Rob and Judith name their first child?
(a) Ellen.
(b) Linda.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Martha.

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

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

5. How tall was the lighthouse that Alexander McCaskill helped to build?
(a) 80 feet.
(b) 75 feet.
(c) 100 ft.
(d) 90 feet.

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

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

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

9. In early 1891, where does Rob think they can get more hay if they add another thousand sheep to their flock?
(a) Spedderson.
(b) Frew.
(c) Erskine.
(d) Duff.

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

11. Whose portraits hang in the South Fork school?
(a) Lincoln and Harrison.
(b) Washington and Lincoln.
(c) Adams and Jefferson.
(d) Washington and Jefferson.

12. When do Angus and Rob learn that Lucas has sent money to Scotland for Christmas 1889?
(a) October 1890.
(b) January 1890.
(c) November 1890.
(d) February 1890.

13. When does Angus meet Anna Ramsay?
(a) May 3, 1897.
(b) April 20, 1897.
(c) June 15, 1897.
(d) March 18, 1897.

14. Who is president of the United States that first year that Rob and Angus are homesteading?
(a) Harrison.
(b) Van Buren.
(c) Jackson.
(d) Tyler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. During their first year on their homesteads, when does Angus first see frost?

3. How old is Gram Erskine when she dies?

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

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

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