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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 town did Tom and Bessie move to after the owner of the ranch where they worked died?

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

3. Who brought Charlie and Ivan to live with his family after Berneta's funeral?

4. How often would the camptender come out to the Doig's cabin?

5. What did D. L. Doig raise as a hobby at his Montana ranch?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What business did Charlie and Ruth run together?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how first Charlie and then Charlie and Bessie made a family for Ivan. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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