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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 do Rob and Angus leave for America?

2. Where is Rob's Uncle's mine located?

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

4. How much do the passengers have to pay for mattress, tin, and soap on board ship?

5. Whose portraits hang in the South Fork school?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lucas lose his hands?

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

3. Why in 1893, does the South Fork need a school teacher when the school year is close to beginning?

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

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

6. Describe Anna Ramsay.

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

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

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

10. How does Susan Duff stop Daniel Rozier from putting garter snakes in the girls' outhouse at South Fork school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Angus's and Adair's marriage.

Essay Topic 2

Rob and Angus learn that trying to control a thousand sheep on a new range is like trying to herd water. Discuss pros and cons of sheep herding.

Essay Topic 3

As the years pass, Angus sees shades of change everywhere that he looks. Discuss the changes that Angus sees in Scotch Heaven and the areas around him.

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