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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. Where did Ivan work at college?
(a) In the kitchen.
(b) In the library.
(c) In the campus bookstore.
(d) In the cafeteria.

2. How many of Bessie's children lived in White Sulphur?
(a) Two sons and one daughter.
(b) One son and one daughter.
(c) Two sons.
(d) Three daughters.

3. How many acres was the Jensen ranch?
(a) 2,500 acres.
(b) 4,000 acres.
(c) 1,500 acres.
(d) 5,100 acres.

4. How was Angus, Charlie's brother, injured the second summer that Ivan was back from college?
(a) He fell off a combine.
(b) His horse fell with him.
(c) He was in a fight.
(d) He got trampled by cattle.

5. What was the single room called that Ivan qualified for when he was in college?
(a) The Box.
(b) The Broom closet.
(c) The Closet.
(d) Shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What nickname did Bessie give the birds that she saw on the reservation range?

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

3. How many sheep was McGrath planning on putting on the new ranch he planned to lease?

4. How far was the new ranch that McGrath was leasing from the Camas ranch?

5. Where did McGrath want Charlie to help him with a ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the place where Ivan and other financial-aid students lived.

2. Why did Ivan pitch from the mound at Wrigley Field?

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

4. Why did Charlie leave Bessie and Ivan alone to herd the sheep?

5. What determined the distance that was traveled each day as the sheep were herded to the reservation range?

6. What was wrong with the sheep when Charlie was off fencing?

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

8. Why was Ivan asked if he had just come out of the military when he was a freshman in college?

9. What was Bessie's last day like?

10. What was it like sharing the trailer house when Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan were on the reservation range?

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