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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. Where did one Doig family member emigrate other than the U.S.?

2. When did Rose Gordon graduate from high school?

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

4. What was the name of the restaurant that Charlie and Ruth ran together?

5. In the 1890s, what did one Doig family member do for a living until he could size up the Montana countryside?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Thomas Ringer.

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

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

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

6. Why was it hard for Ivan when he and his father stayed with Ivan's Uncle Angus and his family?

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

8. Can Ivan see the sickness to come in the photos of his mother?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast McGrath's hired hands Mickey and Rudy. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the events in Ivan's life that led him to choose the life he leads now. Use examples from the book.

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