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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 much time would Ivan spend traveling to be able to spend five or six days in Montana in March?
(a) 1 1/2 days.
(b) 2 1/2 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 3 days.

2. Before Ivan's grandmother came back into his life, how many different places had he lived with his father?
(a) 4 to 5 different places.
(b) 7 to 8 different places.
(c) 2 to 3 different places.
(d) 5 to 6 different places.

3. Where was the high school located that Ivan attended when his father moved to the new leased ranch?
(a) Valier.
(b) Bynum.
(c) Pendroy.
(d) Pierce Crossing.

4. Where did McGrath want Charlie to help him with a ranch?
(a) West.
(b) South.
(c) East.
(d) North.

5. In the year and a half after Ivan left Ringling, how many different places did he live?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Five.
(d) Seven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What project did McGrath want Charlie to do shortly after the sheep were settled on the grass at the reservation?

2. How many days would the sheep graze on the reservation?

3. Where did Bessie spend the Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range?

4. How many butts of hay would Charlie have to get stacked at Camas?

5. What was the diagnosis for Charlie's illness?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was Ivan's first room of his own like at college?

3. What did a sheepwagon look like?

4. What did Ivan do the year after graduating from college?

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

6. Describe Dupuyer.

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

8. If Charlie and Bessie parted ways, why would Ivan choose to live with his father?

9. 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?

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

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