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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 many students were in Ivan's first grade classroom?

2. Where did Bessie's family come from?

3. How many birds could Ivan's father shoot at a time in the days before Ivan was born?

4. What Indian tribes used to live in the area where Ivan and his father lived?

5. When did Rose Gordon graduate from high school?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Thomas Ringer.

3. What two sides were there to Charlie Doig?

4. Why did Bessie marry Tom Ringer?

5. What did a forest ranger say about Ivan's mother?

6. What did D.L. Doig raise after his ranch began to prosper?

7. What surprised Ivan's teacher about him?

8. Describe Ivan's mother as she is seen in the photo album that he has.

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

10. Why wouldn't Charlie and Ruth end their marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Charlie meant when he said, "As the fellow says, a fool and his money are soon parted, but ye can't even get introduced around here." Use examples from Charlie's and Ivan's lives.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss why to Ivan his high school years were a regiment of calm rather than the torchlit, raucous time that many high schoolers experience. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the marriages of Bessie and Tom, Charlie and Berneta, Charlie and Ruth, and Ivan and Carol. Use examples from This House of Sky.

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