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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. Which dog learned to retrieve what Charlie and Ivan would shoot to eat when they were on the reservation range?

2. How many new students were there at Ivan's new high school?

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

4. Who lived in a ranch colony beyond the second ridgeline to the south of the Jensen ranch?

5. How many children did Mrs. Tidyman have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What determined the distance that was traveled each day as the sheep were herded to the reservation range?

2. 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?

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

4. What was Bessie's last day like?

5. If Charlie and Bessie parted ways, why would Ivan choose to live with his father?

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

7. What did a sheepwagon look like?

8. How would Ivan and Bessie try to save the sheep when they were plagued with ticks?

9. What would Ivan do when he had a layover during the train trip to and from Northwestern?

10. Why did Ivan pitch from the mound at Wrigley Field?

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

Argue whether it was as difficult for Bessie to say goodbye to Charlie when he died as it was difficult for her to come and live with him and Ivan. Use examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, compare and contrast McGrath's style of managing men with Charlie's style of managing men.

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