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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 color were Bessie's eyes?
(a) Gray.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Blue.

2. At times, how much would Bessie weigh?
(a) 150 pounds.
(b) 170 pounds.
(c) 165 pounds.
(d) 135 pounds.

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

4. 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?
(a) Wyatt.
(b) Kirkwood.
(c) Brand.
(d) Skip.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom was the Smith River named during the era of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

2. During what decade did settlers first come into Ivan's area of Montana?

3. What was the name of the restaurant that Charlie and Ruth ran together?

4. How many herding dogs appear in the photographs of Ivan's parents?

5. How much did Charlie Doig weigh?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was boarding out?

6. What did Ivan look like as a boy?

7. What surprised Ivan's teacher about him?

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

9. Describe where Ivan lived with his parents when he was six.

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

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