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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 simile does Angus use to compare the darkness of the night on board ship?
(a) Inside of a cow's stomach.
(b) The basement of his house.
(c) A cloudy night.
(d) A cave.

2. 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) Maisie.
(b) Misty.
(c) Flicka.
(d) Ginger.

3. How old was Angus when his father died?
(a) 13.
(b) 12.
(c) 10.
(d) 11.

4. What type of trees does Angus see when the storm lets up as they are traveling to Gros Ventre?
(a) Pine.
(b) Poplar.
(c) Ash.
(d) Cottonwood.

5. What killed Angus's father and mother?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Cholera.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many acres can a homesteader claim?

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

3. What color hair does Anna Ramsay have?

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

5. What is the subject in which the Findlaters do well?

Short Essay Questions

1. What family does Rob leave behind in Nethermuir?

2. Describe Anna Ramsay.

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

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

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

6. How do Rob and Angus claim the land that they want to homestead?

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

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

9. When Rob becomes interested in Nancy, how does Lucas solve that problem?

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

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