View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Anna's mother's name?
(a) Jane.
(b) Alice.
(c) Margaret.
(d) Ruth.

2. How old is Varick when Angus finds him down under the workhorses at their oat trough?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

3. What year does Angus call the year of fire?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1910.
(c) 1912.
(d) 1909.

4. How old is Varick when he can ride a horse as well as Angus can?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cows does Meitzel allow Williamson to graze in the national forest?

2. What is usually Angus's job on shearing day?

3. Who is the midwife when Adair gives birth to her son?

4. How old is Adair when she comes to Montana?

5. From where is the minister from who marries Angus and Adair?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why won't Anna marry Angus?

2. How are the prices of wool and lambs in 1897?

3. How has Williamson been overusing the land?

4. Why does Angus have to receive coal on Sunday for the schoolhouse?

5. How does Varick get sick every winter?

6. What does Angus believe it will be like to add a second person to his household?

7. What is Leftover Day?

8. How does Varick hurt his eye?

9. What history does Toussaint tell Rob and Angus about Badger Creek?

10. Why does Stanley Meixell come to Montana?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 656 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample