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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 town did Tom and Bessie move to after the owner of the ranch where they worked died?
(a) Margrave.
(b) Ringling.
(c) White Sulphur Springs.
(d) Castle Rock.

2. Who brought Charlie and Ivan to live with his family after Berneta's funeral?
(a) Ivan's grandfather.
(b) Angus, Charlie's favorite brother.
(c) Pete McCabe.
(d) Charlie's youngest brother.

3. How many sheep could Matt Van Patton shear in a day?
(a) 55.
(b) 200.
(c) 125.
(d) 180.

4. How old was Ivan when his mother died?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

5. What color were the dogs that appear with the photographs of Ivan's parents?
(a) Black and tan.
(b) White and black.
(c) Black.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What mountain did Ivan and his parents live on?

2. What color was Ivan's hair as a boy?

3. Where does the story begin?

4. Where did the Indian tribes retreat to in the early years of settlement after leaving the area where Ivan and his father lived?

5. What was the main chore that Tom and Bessie performed at the ranch where they lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. What business did Charlie and Ruth run together?

2. What good and bad luck did Charlie Doig, his mother, and brothers have in 1919-1920?

3. What happened on Ivan's sixth birthday?

4. Why did Bessie marry Tom Ringer?

5. Where did Ivan and his parents go during the last winter of World War II?

6. When did Bessie break her marriage?

7. What did a forest ranger say about Ivan's mother?

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

9. Why is the name "Smith River" a misnomer?

10. Why were the clockless mountain summers over for Charlie Doig when Berneta had died?

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