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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many men had stayed working as crew with McGrath through the years?
(a) Six.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

2. What flocks of birds did Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan see when they were on the reservation range?
(a) Eagles.
(b) Seagulls.
(c) Hawks.
(d) Crows.

3. Where were Charlie and Bessie working when Ivan came home his second summer?
(a) Camas Ranch.
(b) Higgins Ranch.
(c) Jensen Ranch.
(d) McTaggert Ranch.

4. How many weeks before McGrath offered Charlie the job on another ranch had Ivan started high school?
(a) Eight weeks.
(b) Six weeks.
(c) Two weeks.
(d) Five weeks.

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

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

7. Near where did Ivan get a job his second summer of hiring out?
(a) Sunburst.
(b) Whiskey Gap.
(c) Cut Bank.
(d) Shelby.

8. How much time would Ivan spend traveling to be able to spend five or six days in Montana in March?
(a) 2 days.
(b) 2 1/2 days.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 1 1/2 days.

9. How many of Bessie's children lived in White Sulphur?
(a) Two sons and one daughter.
(b) Two sons.
(c) Three daughters.
(d) One son and one daughter.

10. During the second summer herding sheep on the reservation range, how long did it take to move the sheep four miles during a freak July storm?
(a) 6 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 20 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

11. How often would Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan refill their water cans when they were on the reservation range?
(a) Every day.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every second or third evening.
(d) Every fourth day.

12. Where was the high school located that Ivan attended when his father moved to the new leased ranch?
(a) Valier.
(b) Pendroy.
(c) Pierce Crossing.
(d) Bynum.

13. What branch of the military did Ivan serve in?
(a) Marines.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Navy.

14. How many new students were there at Ivan's new high school?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Four.

15. How many acres was the Jensen ranch?
(a) 4,000 acres.
(b) 5,100 acres.
(c) 2,500 acres.
(d) 1,500 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Bessie and Ivan go for a week and leave Charlie to herd the sheep alone at the reservation range?

2. What was the name of the reservation where the sheep were going to pasture?

3. Who lived in a ranch colony beyond the second ridgeline to the south of the Jensen ranch?

4. What was the single room called that Ivan qualified for when he was in college?

5. Near what range was the Camas ranch?

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