View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What time of year does Gram Erskine die?
(a) Summer.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

2. What does Anna Ramsay ask Angus to bring her?
(a) Montana geography books.
(b) Reading primers.
(c) Chalk.
(d) Buckets.

3. When do Rob and Judith marry?
(a) May.
(b) June.
(c) April.
(d) July.

4. How many acres can a homesteader claim?
(a) 260.
(b) 160.
(c) 300.
(d) 200.

5. What do Rob and Judith name their first child?
(a) Linda.
(b) Ellen.
(c) Rebecca.
(d) Martha.

6. Where does Angus find work in Helena?
(a) McAngus's Mercantile.
(b) Cariston's Mercantile.
(c) Browning's Mercantile.
(d) Smithson's Mercantile.

7. When do Rob and Angus leave for America?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1889.
(d) 1888.

8. Whose portraits hang in the South Fork school?
(a) Adams and Jefferson.
(b) Washington and Jefferson.
(c) Lincoln and Harrison.
(d) Washington and Lincoln.

9. What killed Angus's father and mother?
(a) Stroke.
(b) Cholera.
(c) Heart attack.
(d) Pneumonia.

10. How much larger is Montana than Scotland?
(a) 6 times.
(b) 5 times.
(c) 7 times.
(d) 4 times.

11. What is the name of Rob's uncle's mine?
(a) Granite Mountain.
(b) Last Chance.
(c) Great Maybe.
(d) Silver Bell.

12. What is the name of the ship that Rob and Angus take to America?
(a) James Watt.
(b) Barque Jane.
(c) Lady Egidia.
(d) Brig Galate.

13. How much do the passengers have to pay for mattress, tin, and soap on board ship?
(a) 2 shillings.
(b) 4 shillings.
(c) 5 shillings.
(d) 3 shillings.

14. What type of trees are near the Noon Creek school?
(a) Birches.
(b) Pines.
(c) Cottonwoods.
(d) Willows.

15. From what town in Scotland did Anna Ramsay and her family come from?
(a) Netherton.
(b) Keithock.
(c) Brechin.
(d) Careston.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Montana become a state?

2. What bird do Rob and Angus see when they find Tom Mortensen dead near his chopping block?

3. What is the name of the horse that falls into the water and drowns as Rob and Angus are boarding a ship for America?

4. What did Alexander McCaskill, Angus's great-grandfather, help to build?

5. How long has it been since Rob has seen his Uncle Lucas?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 306 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample