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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. How would Ivan get to school every morning when he was in first grade?
(a) Horse.
(b) Walked.
(c) Pickup.
(d) Hitched a ride with a neighbor.

2. Who did Ivan's father work with on a haywire outfit for one week?
(a) Hatcher.
(b) Phil.
(c) Rob.
(d) Cliff.

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

4. Who was herding on Grassy Mountain when Charlie helped a scissorbill?
(a) Mulligan John.
(b) Deaf John.
(c) George Washington Hopkins.
(d) Diamond Tony.

5. What does Ivan's father remember covered the slopes when it was just him and Ivan's mother?
(a) Crows.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Hawks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color were Berneta's eyes?

2. What did Ivan receive as an early sixth birthday present?

3. How old was Charles Doig when his wife died?

4. What color were Ruth's eyes?

5. Who were Bessie's best friends growing up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was boarding out?

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

3. Can Ivan see the sickness to come in the photos of his mother?

4. Describe Ivan's mother as she is seen in the photo album that he has.

5. Why did Bessie marry Tom Ringer?

6. Why would Ivan's father work for McGrath?

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

8. Where did Bessie work after Tom left and she ended their marriage?

9. Why did Ivan's father and Cliff decide to leave an outfit?

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

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