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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Anna Ramsay ask Angus to bring her?

3. How old is Rob's sister, Adair, when he leaves for America?

4. What type of meat do Rob and Angus eat during the winter of 1890-91?

5. When do Rob and Angus leave for America?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In 1890, why does Rob say there will be a year of good luck when Angus comes inside near midnight?

3. What does the steward have to say when he comes to steerage to talk with the passengers?

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

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

6. What does Angus tell about his family?

7. What family does Rob leave behind in Nethermuir?

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

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

10. How did Lucas lose his hands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Lucas's death and how he tries to reconcile Rob and Angus even from the grave.

Essay Topic 2

When they marry, both Angus and Adair want children, soon and several. Discuss the importance of children to Angus and Adair.

Essay Topic 3

In 1890, Angus and Rob choose the land that they are going to homestead. Discuss homestead claims relating to the legalities of homesteading and the homesteads that Rob and Angus choose.

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