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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the wool from Rob's and Angus's sheep travel after the sheep are sheared?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Rhode Island.
(c) Connecticut.
(d) Massachusetts.

2. What does Varick drink at the Medicine Lodge when Angus goes to talk with Lucas about the national forest?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Sarsparilla.
(c) Buttermilk.
(d) Root beer.

3. What type of meat does Toussaint's wife fix for Rob and Angus?
(a) Elk.
(b) Deer.
(c) Bear.
(d) Buffalo.

4. What color hair does the minister have who marries Angus and Adair?
(a) Blonde.
(b) Brown.
(c) Gray.
(d) Black.

5. What year does Angus call the year of fire?
(a) 1912.
(b) 1909.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1910.

6. Where do Rob's and Angus's lambs travel after they are sold?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Louis.
(c) Omaha.
(d) Kansas City.

7. Where were the wool shears made that Rob showed Angus before Leftover Day?
(a) Sheffield, England.
(b) Mansfield, England.
(c) Swinton, England.
(d) Rotherham, England.

8. When does a forest ranger come to establish national forests west of Angus's place?
(a) 1907.
(b) 1908.
(c) 1909.
(d) 1910.

9. When Angus comes home late from trying to persuade Ninian to buy some books for the school, what does Adair break?
(a) Plate.
(b) Lantern.
(c) Mirror.
(d) Pitcher.

10. How many teachers does the town of Valier have?
(a) 8.
(b) 6.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

11. With a man from what tribe did a Blackfeet Indian get an arrowhead in his ribcage according to Toussaint?
(a) Arapahoe.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Crow.
(d) Apache.

12. Which winter do Rob and Angus suffer a bad loss during a three-day blizzard?
(a) 1904.
(b) 1905.
(c) 1907.
(d) 1906.

13. Who is the pair to beat when it comes to shearing contests?
(a) Archie Findlater and Ninian Duff.
(b) Rob Barclay and Angust McCaskill.
(c) George and Allan Frew.
(d) Willy Hahn and Tom Mortensen.

14. What building burns in Gros Ventre?
(a) Bank.
(b) An eating place.
(c) Medicine Lodge.
(d) Northern Hotel.

15. Who helps Angus clean the school room for a dance in 1897?
(a) Susan Duff.
(b) Meg Findlater.
(c) Davie Erskine.
(d) Betsy Frew.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1897, who is the fiddler for the dance at the South Fork schoolhouse?

2. What is the name of the newspaper in Gros Ventre in 1907?

3. How old is Adair when she comes to Montana?

4. When Angus takes groceries to Judith, how much longer will it be before he and Rob bring the sheep down from the pastures?

5. How old is Varick when Angus finds him down under the workhorses at their oat trough?

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