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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would come for Ivan in the mail with the camptender?
(a) Letters from his grandparents.
(b) Books from a lending library.
(c) School lessons.
(d) Comic books.

2. What months did Ivan and his parents live in the cabin mentioned in "Time Since."
(a) April and May.
(b) June and July.
(c) May and June.
(d) March and April.

3. What did Ivan receive as an early sixth birthday present?
(a) A few marbles.
(b) Bow and arrows.
(c) Pocket knife.
(d) A book.

4. Where did Bessie's family come from?
(a) Germany.
(b) France.
(c) Netherlands.
(d) England.

5. Who was the classmate that Ivan had met before when his dad was manning a haying crew at a valley ranch owned by her family?
(a) Susan Buckingham.
(b) Peter Alexander.
(c) Jane Browning.
(d) John Woods.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Bessie's father's name?

2. What would the camptender bring when he came out to the Doig's cabin?

3. How many years of schooling did Bessie have?

4. What color were the dogs that appear with the photographs of Ivan's parents?

5. What was the name of the kid who called Ivan "Ivy" and bothered him when he was walking to the movies with Charlie and Ruth?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one thing that Ivan cannot remember about his mother?

2. What two things during Ivan's early weeks in the first grade set off any interest within him?

3. Who asked Charlie and Ivan to move in with him so Ivan could start school?

4. What was different about Ruth from the other ranch cooks?

5. What happened on Ivan's sixth birthday?

6. When did Bessie break her marriage?

7. What did D.L. Doig raise after his ranch began to prosper?

8. Why was it hard for Ivan when he and his father stayed with Ivan's Uncle Angus and his family?

9. Why did Charlie decide to ask Bessie to help him with Ivan?

10. Why did Bessie marry Tom Ringer?

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