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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 large is the blister that Angus gets during the 1897 shearing contest?
(a) Size of a nickel.
(b) Size of a half dollar.
(c) Size of a silver dollar.
(d) Size of a penny.

2. How many children do Anna and Isaac have?
(a) 2.
(b) 1.
(c) 3.
(d) 4.

3. When Angus comes home late from trying to persuade Ninian to buy some books for the school, what does Adair break?
(a) Mirror.
(b) Lantern.
(c) Pitcher.
(d) Plate.

4. Who is the first person to get an automobile in Scotch Heaven?
(a) Ninian.
(b) Rob.
(c) Angus.
(d) Wally.

5. How long does Angus tell Adair that they fires might burn?
(a) Thanksgiving.
(b) October.
(c) Labor Day.
(d) September.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pony that Varick rides to school?

2. What type of jam does Angus compare Isaac Reese to?

3. When does Adair have a second miscarriage?

4. How many sheep do Rob and Angus lose during a three-day blizzard?

5. During the winter of 1897 when George Frew went for some supplies, what did Adair ask him to get?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does it seem to Angus that sometimes he sees more of Scorpion than he sees of his new wife?

2. When Rob and Angus eat supper with Toussaint and his family, where does everyone eat?

3. How does Varick do at school?

4. Whose well-being did Rob have in mind when he suggested that Angus get groceries?

5. How does Angus describe Margaret and Peter Ramsey?

6. How has Williamson been overusing the land?

7. How does Varick hurt his eye?

8. What does Rob have that he thinks will help him and Angus win a shearing contest in 1897?

9. Why does Stanley Meixell come to Montana?

10. In June of 1897, why does Rob ask Angus to take an excursion with him?

(see the answer keys)

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