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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When would lambing season begin?
(a) May.
(b) February.
(c) March.
(d) April.

2. What county was one of the prime sheep areas of Montana?
(a) Fergus County.
(b) Cascade County.
(c) Meagher County.
(d) Broadwater County.

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

4. When did Ivan marry Carol Muller?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1964.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1968.

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

6. How many miles was it to the nearest town from the Jensen ranch?
(a) 21 miles.
(b) 9 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 12 miles.

7. What was the diagnosis for Charlie's illness?
(a) Mesothelioma.
(b) Obstructive lung disease.
(c) Emphysema.
(d) Asthma.

8. Who wrote "Trains cross the continent in a swirl of dust and thunder"?
(a) Ernest Hemingway.
(b) John Steinbeck.
(c) Thomas Wolfe.
(d) Harper Lee.

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

10. Where were Charlie and Bessie working when Ivan came home from his first year of college?
(a) Battle Creek Ranch.
(b) McGrath Ranch.
(c) Camas Ranch.
(d) McTaggart Ranch.

11. How many men did Charlie hire for the hay harvest at the Camas?
(a) 5.
(b) 11.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

12. What was the name of the place where Ivan and the other financial-aid students stayed?
(a) Whitten House.
(b) Lincoln House.
(c) Smythe House.
(d) Latham House.

13. Before Ivan's grandmother came back into his life, how many different places had he lived with his father?
(a) 2 to 3 different places.
(b) 5 to 6 different places.
(c) 4 to 5 different places.
(d) 7 to 8 different places.

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

15. Where did Bessie spend the Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) White Sulphur Springs.
(d) Ringling.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Ivan qualify for a room of his own in college?

2. In what year did Ivan finish his first year of college?

3. What flocks of birds did Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan see when they were on the reservation range?

4. Near where did Ivan get a job his second summer of hiring out?

5. What did Ivan start writing fillers for his senior year of college?

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