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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. How long does a homesteader have to prove his land?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 7 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 10 years.

2. What bird do Rob and Angus see when they find Tom Mortensen dead near his chopping block?
(a) Flycatcher.
(b) Magpie.
(c) Starling.
(d) Blackbird.

3. Where do the Speddersons come from before settling in Montana?
(a) Missouri.
(b) South Carolina.
(c) Georgia.
(d) Ohio.

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

5. What color uniforms do the crew wear on the ship Rob and Angus take to America?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Brown.
(d) Green.

Short Answer Questions

1. When do Rob and Angus leave for America?

2. When do Angus and Rob learn that Lucas has sent money to Scotland for Christmas 1889?

3. Who is president of the United States that first year that Rob and Angus are homesteading?

4. Where does Angus find work in Helena?

5. How long after Rob's father dies does his mother also die?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why do the bumboats dock against the steamship Rob and Angus are taking to America?

4. What does the steward have to say when he comes to steerage to talk with the passengers?

5. What progress does Angus describe that occurs in 1891?

6. What did Angus's father's grandfather, Alexander McCaskill, help to build?

7. When Rob becomes interested in Nancy, how does Lucas solve that problem?

8. Describe Anna Ramsay.

9. How did Lucas lose his hands?

10. Why is a vendor selling limes to passengers on Rob's and Angus's ship?

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