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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 old is Gram Erskine when she dies?
(a) Almost 80.
(b) 84.
(c) 96.
(d) Nearly 90.
2. What was the name of the teacher who taught before Angus takes over the classroom at South Fork?
(a) Miss Davis.
(b) Miss Milgrim.
(c) Miss Barclay.
(d) Miss Wyatt.
3. When does Angus meet Anna Ramsay?
(a) June 15, 1897.
(b) March 18, 1897.
(c) April 20, 1897.
(d) May 3, 1897.
4. How old is Rob's sister, Adair, when he leaves for America?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 9.
5. How old was Angus when his mother died?
(a) 17.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 14.
Short Answer Questions
1. When Angus left Scotland, how long had it been since Alexander McCaskill helped to build a lighthouse?
2. How long does a homesteader have to prove his land?
3. Near where does the steward have the passengers throw their straw mattresses overboard?
4. What does Anna Ramsay ask Angus to bring her?
5. What type of trees does Angus see when the storm lets up as they are traveling to Gros Ventre?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why don't Rob and Angus eat some of their sheep during the long winter of early 1891?
2. Why do Ninian, Donald, Archie, and Willy come to see Angus one evening?
3. When Rob becomes interested in Nancy, how does Lucas solve that problem?
4. Why is a vendor selling limes to passengers on Rob's and Angus's ship?
5. What progress does Angus describe that occurs in 1891?
6. How do Rob and Angus claim the land that they want to homestead?
7. How does Angus describe the men that Judith had to choose from as a husband?
8. What does the steward have to say when he comes to steerage to talk with the passengers?
9. Why do the bumboats dock against the steamship Rob and Angus are taking to America?
10. What advice does "Crofutt's Trans-Atlantic Emigrants" Guide give individuals who are considering emigrating?
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