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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 acres was the Jensen ranch?

2. Before Ivan's grandmother came back into his life, how many different places had he lived with his father?

3. How many sheep was McGrath planning on putting on the new ranch he planned to lease?

4. What other brother of Charlie's was injured by a horse?

5. What work did Charlie and Bessie do in Dupuyer during Ivan's last year of high school?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was McGrath's philosophy about hiring hands?

2. What did Ivan make to help with herding the sheep to the reservation range?

3. When were the first indications that Charlie was sick?

4. Why did Charlie leave Bessie and Ivan alone to herd the sheep?

5. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

6. What was Bessie's last day like?

7. Why was Ivan asked if he had just come out of the military when he was a freshman in college?

8. What was jacketing?

9. What was it like sharing the trailer house when Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan were on the reservation range?

10. What does Ivan imagine Charlie and Bessie doing as he and Carol go about their days together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Ivan says that "Memory is a kind of homesickness."

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast the different places that Charlie and Ivan lived.

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