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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does lambing season begin in 1898?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

2. What winter does Toussaint call the winter they ate with the axe?
(a) 1887.
(b) 1884.
(c) 1886.
(d) 1885.

3. How many people does the city of Valier hope to have eventually?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 20,000.
(c) 12,000.
(d) 10,000.

4. What color horse does Stanley Meixell ride?
(a) Blue Roan.
(b) Dapple Grey.
(c) Bay.
(d) Chestnut.

5. Who is the midwife when Adair gives birth to her son?
(a) Mavis Frew.
(b) Flora Duff.
(c) Judith Barclay.
(d) Grace Findlater.

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

7. From where is the minister from who marries Angus and Adair?
(a) Gros Ventre.
(b) Victor.
(c) Helena.
(d) Charlo.

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

9. How large is the blister that Angus gets during the 1897 shearing contest?
(a) Size of a half dollar.
(b) Size of a penny.
(c) Size of a nickel.
(d) Size of a silver dollar.

10. Where were Anna and Isaac married?
(a) Fort Shaw.
(b) Fort Henry.
(c) Fort Benton.
(d) Fort Logan.

11. How old is Varick when he can ride a horse as well as Angus can?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 5.

12. What is the name of the pony that Varick rides to school?
(a) Brownie.
(b) Daisy.
(c) Prince.
(d) Maggie.

13. How many fleeces fit into each woolsack?
(a) 20 or 30.
(b) 50 or 55.
(c) 35 or 40.
(d) 15 or 20.

14. What color skirt does Anna wear to the dance at Angus's schoolhouse in 1897?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

15. Who puts cows near Rob's and Angus's summer pasture?
(a) Maverick.
(b) Double W.
(c) Bar H.
(d) Tilting T.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color hair does the minister have who marries Angus and Adair?

2. How many sheep do Rob and Angus lose during a three-day blizzard?

3. What ranch has range land right before the valley of Noon Creek?

4. How many cows does Meitzel allow Williamson to graze in the national forest?

5. How many children do Anna and Isaac have?

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