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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. During Ivan's first job on his own, what did the hale bays weigh that he had to pile onto a moving truck?
(a) 80 pounds.
(b) 100 pounds.
(c) 50 pounds.
(d) 75 pounds.

2. Near what range was the Camas ranch?
(a) Bridger Mountains.
(b) Bitterroot Range.
(c) Big Sheep.
(d) Big Belts.

3. What had one of Ivan's cousins gone to college to learn?
(a) Pharmacy.
(b) Engineering.
(c) Teaching.
(d) Law.

4. As Ivan drove himself and Bessie back to the reservation range after a week away, how many years did he realize that he, Charlie, and Bessie had managed to stay together?
(a) Five years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Three years.

5. Where did Bessie, Charlie, and Ivan go to get groceries when they were on the reservation range?
(a) Dupuyer.
(b) Cut Bank.
(c) Valier.
(d) Browning.

6. How many ewes had McGrath put on the grass at Camas?
(a) 4,000.
(b) 2,500.
(c) 3,000.
(d) 6,000.

7. How many tons of hay would be harvested at Camas?
(a) 1,200 tons.
(b) 1,800 tons.
(c) 1,400 tons.
(d) 2,000 tons.

8. The Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range, how long was Bessie gone?
(a) A month.
(b) Three weeks.
(c) One week.
(d) Two weeks.

9. When was Dupuyer first settled?
(a) 1870s.
(b) 1880s.
(c) 1850s.
(d) 1860s.

10. How was Angus, Charlie's brother, injured the second summer that Ivan was back from college?
(a) He was in a fight.
(b) He fell off a combine.
(c) His horse fell with him.
(d) He got trampled by cattle.

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

12. Who wrote articles in one of the region's weekly newspapers about the activities of his tribesmen?
(a) Crow Flies.
(b) Hawk.
(c) Weasel Necklace.
(d) Black Pony.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Bessie spend the Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range?

3. How many sheep was McGrath planning on putting on the new ranch he planned to lease?

4. How many new students were there at Ivan's new high school?

5. When were the sheep sheared when they were on the reservation range?

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