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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. What time of day did Ivan's mother pass away?

2. Who was herding on Grassy Mountain when Charlie helped a scissorbill?

3. How many students were in Ivan's first grade classroom?

4. How many herding dogs appear in the photographs of Ivan's parents?

5. When did Ivan's mother die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Charlie decide to ask Bessie to help him with Ivan?

3. What good and bad luck did Charlie Doig, his mother, and brothers have in 1919-1920?

4. What business did Charlie and Ruth run together?

5. What two things during Ivan's early weeks in the first grade set off any interest within him?

6. How does a teacher who taught Ivan's mother describe an incident from her life?

7. When did Bessie break her marriage?

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

9. Describe Ivan's father as he looked in Ivan's photo album.

10. Who asked Charlie and Ivan to move in with him so Ivan could start school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ivan's relationship with his grandmother. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role that the land played in people's lives in the book. Use examples from This House of Sky.

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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