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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many birds could Ivan's father shoot at a time in the days before Ivan was born?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

2. How many Doigs are known to have gone off to the United States?
(a) 1 brother and 1 sister.
(b) 3 brothers and 2 sisters.
(c) 4 brothers and 3 sisters.
(d) 2 brothers and 3 sisters.

3. How much did it cost to get cottonseed cake to the ranch for the sheep during the winter of 1948-49?
(a) $3,000.
(b) $1,000.
(c) $1,500.
(d) $2,500.

4. When did Ivan's mother die?
(a) May 27, 1945.
(b) June 27, 1945.
(c) June 1, 1945.
(d) July 15, 1946.

5. How tall was Ivan's father?
(a) Five feet and eight inches.
(b) Six feet tall.
(c) Nearly six feet tall.
(d) Five-and-one-half feet tall.

6. What was the main chore that Tom and Bessie performed at the ranch where they lived?
(a) Milk cows.
(b) Herd sheep.
(c) Mend fences.
(d) Herd cattle.

7. During what decade did settlers first come into Ivan's area of Montana?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1840s.
(c) 1860s.
(d) 1850s.

8. What would the camptender bring when he came out to the Doig's cabin?
(a) Groceries and mail.
(b) More sheep.
(c) Orders from the ranch boss.
(d) T-bone steak and a barrel of whiskey.

9. What town did Tom and Bessie move to after the owner of the ranch where they worked died?
(a) Castle Rock.
(b) Ringling.
(c) White Sulphur Springs.
(d) Margrave.

10. What is the elevation of the valley where Ivan and his father lived most of their lives?
(a) 6,192 feet.
(b) 1 mile above sea level.
(c) 2,147 feet.
(d) 3,145 feet.

11. How old were the boys at school that Ivan could make flinch with his snowballs?
(a) Sixth graders.
(b) Fifth graders.
(c) Third graders.
(d) Fourth graders.

12. What months did Ivan and his parents live in the cabin mentioned in "Time Since."
(a) April and May.
(b) March and April.
(c) June and July.
(d) May and June.

13. Who was the classmate that Ivan had met before when his dad was manning a haying crew at a valley ranch owned by her family?
(a) John Woods.
(b) Jane Browning.
(c) Susan Buckingham.
(d) Peter Alexander.

14. Where in Montana in the early years was gold being flushed out of every gravel gulch?
(a) Butte.
(b) Helena.
(c) Smith River Valley.
(d) Bozeman.

15. How old was Bessie when she and Tom moved to Montana?
(a) 19.
(b) 20.
(c) 24.
(d) 21.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ivan receive as an early sixth birthday present?

2. How many years of schooling did Bessie have?

3. What mountain did Ivan and his parents live on?

4. When Ivan was in first grade, what color hair did the classmate have that Ivan had met before?

5. How old was Charles Doig when his wife died?

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