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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. How long has it been since Rob has seen his Uncle Lucas?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 8 years.
(c) 7 years.
(d) 5 years.

2. Where does Davy say a song is from that he sings in the classroom?
(a) Texas.
(b) California.
(c) Arizona.
(d) New Mexico.

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

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

5. What does common report say Isaac Reese's nationality was?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) Finnish.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Danish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the teacher who taught before Angus takes over the classroom at South Fork?

2. How old is Gram Erskine when she dies?

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

4. Where is Rob's Uncle's mine located?

5. Where did Lucas's partner, Johnny Dorgan, take Lucas when he got hurt in a mining accident?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Lucas lose his hands?

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

5. What does Angus tell about his family?

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

7. Describe Anna Ramsay.

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

9. How do Rob and Angus decide whose house to build first?

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

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