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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How often were Ivan's parents supposed to move when they were on the forest reserve?

2. Where did Charlie and Ivan return to live after Berneta died?

3. Who did Ivan's father work with on a haywire outfit for one week?

4. When Ivan was in first grade, what color hair did the classmate have that Ivan had met before?

5. What was Bessie's father's name?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Bessie marry Tom Ringer?

3. What was different about Ruth from the other ranch cooks?

4. What business did Charlie and Ruth run together?

5. Why is the name "Smith River" a misnomer?

6. What happened on Ivan's sixth birthday?

7. What was boarding out?

8. What two sides were there to Charlie Doig?

9. What is the one thing that Ivan cannot remember about his mother?

10. Why would Ivan's father work for McGrath?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss why some people talked about Charlie Doig as if he were two separate men.

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the different places that Charlie and Ivan lived.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the roles that Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan played changed over the years, and how Ivan became, in a sense, the parent. Use examples from the book.

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