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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. When were the sheep sheared when they were on the reservation range?

2. Where did Bessie spend the Christmas after herding the sheep on the reservation range?

3. When did Charlie learn what was causing his shortness of breath?

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

5. What grade did Ivan get on one of his first quizzes in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mrs. Tidyman die?

2. What happened when Charlie took a vocabulary test his second week of high school in Valier?

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

4. Describe the house on the Jensen ranch.

5. What was Bessie's last day like?

6. Why did Charlie almost shoot a man one day on the reservation range?

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

8. What did a sheepwagon look like?

9. Describe Dupuyer.

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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