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

Multiple Choice 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?
(a) Susan Duff.
(b) Betsy Frew.
(c) Jimmy Spedderson.
(d) Davie Erskine.

2. How old was Angus when his father died?
(a) 10.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 11.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What killed Angus's father and mother?
(a) Pneumonia.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Stroke.

10. In 1890, where do Rob, Angus and other settlers spend the last day of the old year?
(a) Frew's.
(b) Erskine's.
(c) Duff's.
(d) Findlater's.

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

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

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

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

15. What Indian tribe lives north of Gros Ventre?
(a) Crow.
(b) Blackfeet.
(c) Sioux.
(d) Shoshone.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many acres can a homesteader claim?

3. What does Ninian Duff bring to the valley that quickly whitens the walls in Scotch Heaven households?

4. Where did the founder of Gros Ventre come from and go back to?

5. When was the Starvation Winter as the Blackfeet called it?

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