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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ninian Duff bring to the valley that quickly whitens the walls in Scotch Heaven households?
(a) Limewash.
(b) Calcimine.
(c) Whitewash.
(d) Paint.

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

3. When does a chinook arrive in1891?
(a) January.
(b) February.
(c) April.
(d) March.

4. What is the name of the horse that falls into the water and drowns as Rob and Angus are boarding a ship for America?
(a) Maisie.
(b) Flicka.
(c) Ginger.
(d) Misty.

5. When does Angus meet Anna Ramsay?
(a) April 20, 1897.
(b) March 18, 1897.
(c) June 15, 1897.
(d) May 3, 1897.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What type of trees are near the Noon Creek school?

3. From what town in Scotland did Anna Ramsay and her family come from?

4. What Indian tribe lives north of Gros Ventre?

5. When Angus left Scotland, how long had it been since Alexander McCaskill helped to build a lighthouse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is some of the first work that Rob and Angus get done on their homesteads?

2. Why don't Rob and Angus eat some of their sheep during the long winter of early 1891?

3. How are Rob and Angus listed on the passenger list of the James Watt?

4. What are the benefits and problems of raising sheep?

5. How does Angus describe the men that Judith had to choose from as a husband?

6. How did Lucas lose his hands?

7. How do Rob and Angus decide whose house to build first?

8. Why do Ninian, Donald, Archie, and Willy come to see Angus one evening?

9. Why isn't Angus able to sleep on water?

10. What advice does "Crofutt's Trans-Atlantic Emigrants" Guide give individuals who are considering emigrating?

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