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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What time of year does Gram Erskine die?
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

3. How old is Gram Erskine when she dies?
(a) 96.
(b) Nearly 90.
(c) Almost 80.
(d) 84.

4. How old are Rob and Angus when they leave Scotland?
(a) 21.
(b) 20.
(c) 19.
(d) 18.

5. How many sheep do Rob and Lucas have by the fall of 1896?
(a) 1750.
(b) 3000.
(c) 2500.
(d) 1500.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Rob and Judith marry?

2. What is the name of Fritz Hahn's dog?

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

4. From January 10 to January 22, 1891, what does the thermometer never rise above?

5. Whose portraits hang in the South Fork school?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why don't Rob and Angus eat some of their sheep during the long winter of early 1891?

2. How do Angus and Rob have to travel to Gros Ventre to find Lucas?

3. What does the steward have to say when he comes to steerage to talk with the passengers?

4. How does Susan Duff stop Daniel Rozier from putting garter snakes in the girls' outhouse at South Fork school?

5. What are the benefits and problems of raising sheep?

6. What does Angus tell about his family?

7. How are Rob and Angus listed on the passenger list of the James Watt?

8. What progress does Angus describe that occurs in 1891?

9. What is some of the first work that Rob and Angus get done on their homesteads?

10. Why do the bumboats dock against the steamship Rob and Angus are taking to America?

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