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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What project did McGrath want Charlie to do shortly after the sheep were settled on the grass at the reservation?
(a) Fencing.
(b) Drive a combine.
(c) Making a delivery.
(d) Haying.

2. Where did Ivan work at college?
(a) In the library.
(b) In the cafeteria.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the campus bookstore.

3. 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) 4 to 5 different places.
(c) 5 to 6 different places.
(d) 7 to 8 different places.

4. What nickname did Bessie give the birds that she saw on the reservation range?
(a) Thieves.
(b) Magpies.
(c) Sharks.
(d) Trash.

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

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

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

8. Which classmate of Ivan's filmed a baseball instructional film at Wrigley Field?
(a) Grant.
(b) Votapek.
(c) Benjamin.
(d) Schulte.

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

10. How far was the new ranch that McGrath was leasing from the Camas ranch?
(a) 175 miles.
(b) 50 miles.
(c) 200 miles.
(d) 130 miles.

11. How long did Angus linger before he died?
(a) Three months.
(b) Six months.
(c) One year.
(d) Two years.

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

13. Near what town did Ivan work that summer after his first year in college?
(a) Near White Sulphur Springs.
(b) Near Shelby.
(c) Near Dupuyer.
(d) Near Valier.

14. What nationality were the sheep shearers who sheared the sheep when they were on the reservation range?
(a) Mexicans.
(b) Indians.
(c) Norwegians.
(d) Swedes.

15. What was the name of the reservation where the sheep were going to pasture?
(a) Apache.
(b) Mohawk.
(c) Crow.
(d) Blackfeet.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Ivan's second summer of hiring out, where did wheat have to be taken twice a day?

2. How was Angus, Charlie's brother, injured the second summer that Ivan was back from college?

3. What county was one of the prime sheep areas of Montana?

4. In the year and a half after Ivan left Ringling, how many different places did he live?

5. How many miles was it to the nearest town from the Jensen ranch?

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