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

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

3. In 1897, how much does lambs' wool rise in price?
(a) 15 1/2 cents.
(b) 18 cents.
(c) 20 cents.
(d) 12 1/2 cents.

4. What is the name of the horse that falls into the water and drowns as Rob and Angus are boarding a ship for America?
(a) Flicka.
(b) Misty.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Maisie.

5. What is the name of Rob's uncle's mine?
(a) Great Maybe.
(b) Granite Mountain.
(c) Silver Bell.
(d) Last Chance.

Short Answer Questions

1. In early 1891, where does Rob think they can get more hay if they add another thousand sheep to their flock?

2. In 1890, where do Rob, Angus and other settlers spend the last day of the old year?

3. What does Anna Ramsay ask Angus to bring her?

4. What is the name of the ship that Rob and Angus take to America?

5. What is the name of the driver of the freight wagon that takes Angus and Rob to Gros Ventre?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why in 1893, does the South Fork need a school teacher when the school year is close to beginning?

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

3. Why do Ninian, Donald, Archie, and Willy come to see Angus one evening?

4. How did Lucas lose his hands?

5. Why is a vendor selling limes to passengers on Rob's and Angus's ship?

6. What does Angus tell about his family?

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

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

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

10. What advice does "Crofutt's Trans-Atlantic Emigrants" Guide give individuals who are considering emigrating?

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