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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 many tons of hay would be harvested at Camas?
(a) 1,800 tons.
(b) 1,400 tons.
(c) 2,000 tons.
(d) 1,200 tons.

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

3. When did Bessie die?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1973.
(c) 1975.
(d) 1972.

4. When did Charlie learn what was causing his shortness of breath?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1966.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1962.

5. How long did it take by train to get from Montana to Chicago?
(a) 32 hours.
(b) 29 hours.
(c) 26 hours.
(d) 40 hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. Near what town did Ivan work that summer after his first year in college?

2. How many of Bessie's children lived in White Sulphur?

3. How many days of the year did Gertie Chadwick keep her cafe open?

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

5. How many acres was the Jensen ranch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe the house on the Jensen ranch.

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

4. What was jacketing?

5. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

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

7. What did Ivan decide to do about college?

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

9. What did Ivan make to help with herding the sheep to the reservation range?

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

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