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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 did Ivan start writing fillers for his senior year of college?
(a) A magazine in Milwaukee.
(b) A newspaper in Chicago.
(c) A magazine in Chicago.
(d) A newspaper in Missoula.

2. What was the name of the place where Ivan and the other financial-aid students stayed?
(a) Latham House.
(b) Smythe House.
(c) Whitten House.
(d) Lincoln House.

3. How many men did Charlie hire for the hay harvest at the Camas?
(a) 11.
(b) 5.
(c) 9.
(d) 15.

4. How far was the reservation range from Dupuyer?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 25 miles.
(c) 40 miles.
(d) 30 miles.

5. What county was one of the prime sheep areas of Montana?
(a) Fergus County.
(b) Broadwater County.
(c) Cascade County.
(d) Meagher County.

Short Answer Questions

1. During Ivan's second summer of hiring out, what was the name of the boss's son?

2. How often would Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan refill their water cans when they were on the reservation range?

3. Which classmate of Ivan's filmed a baseball instructional film at Wrigley Field?

4. When was it first noticed that Charlie was having breathing problems?

5. What grade did Ivan get on one of his first quizzes in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened when Charlie took a vocabulary test his second week of high school in Valier?

2. What was jacketing?

3. What was Ivan's pattern of life while he was in White Sulphur Springs and Bessie and Charlie were on the Camas ranch?

4. What did Ivan decide to do about college?

5. How would Ivan and Bessie try to save the sheep when they were plagued with ticks?

6. What was Bessie's last day like?

7. What happened that made Ivan decide he never wanted anything to do with sheep again during the second summer of herding the sheep on the reservation range?

8. What does Ivan imagine Charlie and Bessie doing as he and Carol go about their days together?

9. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

10. How did Charlie settle Ivan and Bessie down after McGrath tore into them for letting sheep die during Charlie's absence?

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