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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 weeks before McGrath offered Charlie the job on another ranch had Ivan started high school?

2. During Charlie's absence, how many days did Bessie and Ivan have to spend every daylight hour patrolling the sheep grazing on the reservation?

3. What river carved the southern boundary of the grazing land for the sheep on the reservation?

4. From where did Gertie Chadwick's family immigrate?

5. The Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range, how long was Bessie gone?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was jacketing?

2. Describe McGrath.

3. Describe the house on the Jensen ranch.

4. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

5. What did Ivan decide to do about college?

6. How did Charlie settle Ivan and Bessie down after McGrath tore into them for letting sheep die during Charlie's absence?

7. Describe the place where Ivan and other financial-aid students lived.

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how the roles that Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan played changed over the years, and how Ivan became, in a sense, the parent. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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