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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What work did Charlie and Bessie do in Dupuyer during Ivan's last year of high school?
(a) Nothing, they took it easy.
(b) She cooked and he was a ranch hand nearby.
(c) Ran a cafe.
(d) Babysitting.

2. When were the sheep sheared when they were on the reservation range?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) June.
(d) July.

3. How many butts of hay would Charlie have to get stacked at Camas?
(a) 100.
(b) 315.
(c) 225.
(d) 150.

4. Who lived in a ranch colony beyond the second ridgeline to the south of the Jensen ranch?
(a) Hutterites.
(b) Amish.
(c) Anabaptists.
(d) Mennonites.

5. What was the name of the Chadwicks' son?
(a) Davy.
(b) Bryan.
(c) Billy Bob.
(d) Tommy Chad.

6. How far was the high school from Dupuyer?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 20 miles.
(c) 15 miles.
(d) 25 miles.

7. How long did it take by train to get from Montana to Chicago?
(a) 32 hours.
(b) 40 hours.
(c) 26 hours.
(d) 29 hours.

8. What was the single room called that Ivan qualified for when he was in college?
(a) The Closet.
(b) The Box.
(c) Shoe.
(d) The Broom closet.

9. When did Ivan qualify for a room of his own in college?
(a) Sophomore year.
(b) Freshman year.
(c) Senior year.
(d) Junior year.

10. How many days of the year did Gertie Chadwick keep her cafe open?
(a) 363 days.
(b) 350 days.
(c) 360 days.
(d) 364 1/2 days.

11. A crew member was hired by McGrath who had to sober up. Where was he from?
(a) Finland.
(b) Sweden.
(c) Holland.
(d) Norway.

12. What language did Ivan study that first year in college?
(a) French.
(b) Latin.
(c) German.
(d) Russian.

13. What grade did Ivan get on one of his first quizzes in college?
(a) C.
(b) F.
(c) B.
(d) D.

14. What river carved the southern boundary of the grazing land for the sheep on the reservation?
(a) The Two Medicine River.
(b) Flathead River.
(c) Clearwater River.
(d) Swan River.

15. When did Bessie die?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1975.
(c) 1972.
(d) 1973.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the place where Ivan and the other financial-aid students stayed?

2. In what mountain range was the Jensen ranch?

3. How many ewes had McGrath put on the grass at Camas?

4. What had one of Ivan's cousins gone to college to learn?

5. What was the diagnosis for Charlie's illness?

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