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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 old was Ivan when his mother died?

2. When was the Old Auditorium built in White Sulphur Springs?

3. What would Ivan's mother do to keep him quiet and cool on hot afternoons?

4. How big was the ranch that Charlie was the foreman of when he was just 25?

5. Why did Ivan's mother tell a teacher not to use a well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Thomas Ringer.

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

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

4. What did Ivan look like as a boy?

5. Where did Ivan and his parents go during the last winter of World War II?

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

7. Why were the clockless mountain summers over for Charlie Doig when Berneta had died?

8. Describe where Ivan lived with his parents when he was six.

9. Where did Bessie work after Tom left and she ended their marriage?

10. What happened on Ivan's sixth birthday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the way that Ivan and his father adjusted to the death of Berneta.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss what the Stockman and other bars meant to Charlie and his friends and how the place helped the men cope with the problems in their lives.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the meaning of the title of the book This House of Sky.

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