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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 often would Charlie, Bessie, and Ivan refill their water cans when they were on the reservation range?
2. As Ivan drove himself and Bessie back to the reservation range after a week away, how many years did he realize that he, Charlie, and Bessie had managed to stay together?
3. In what year did Ivan finish his first year of college?
4. How many sheep was McGrath planning on putting on the new ranch he planned to lease?
5. A crew member was hired by McGrath who had to sober up. Where was he from?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why was Ivan asked if he had just come out of the military when he was a freshman in college?
2. What was wrong with the sheep when Charlie was off fencing?
3. What did Harold Chadwick do?
4. If Charlie and Bessie parted ways, why would Ivan choose to live with his father?
5. What did Ivan make to help with herding the sheep to the reservation range?
6. How did Charlie settle Ivan and Bessie down after McGrath tore into them for letting sheep die during Charlie's absence?
7. What was Ivan's first room of his own like at college?
8. Describe the place where Ivan and other financial-aid students lived.
9. What happened that made Ivan decide he never wanted anything to do with sheep again during the second summer of herding the sheep on the reservation range?
10. What determined the distance that was traveled each day as the sheep were herded to the reservation range?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the meaning of the title of the book 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 the role that the land played in people's lives in the book. Use examples from This House of Sky.
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