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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would the camptender bring when he came out to the Doig's cabin?
(a) Groceries and mail.
(b) T-bone steak and a barrel of whiskey.
(c) More sheep.
(d) Orders from the ranch boss.

2. How often were Ivan's parents supposed to move when they were on the forest reserve?
(a) Once a month.
(b) About every day.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Every two weeks.

3. How many people lived in White Sulphur Springs when Ivan was a boy?
(a) 500.
(b) 1,200.
(c) 1,000.
(d) 300.

4. When did Charlie help a scissorbill feed his cattle?
(a) 1921.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1940.
(d) 1931.

5. How many years of schooling did Bessie have?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 3.

6. What color were Bessie's eyes?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Gray.
(d) Blue.

7. Why did Ivan's mother tell a teacher not to use a well?
(a) There was a dead snake in the well.
(b) There was a dead cat in the well.
(c) There were mice in the well.
(d) There was a dead animal in the well.

8. When did Tom and Bessie Ringer move to Montana?
(a) 1909.
(b) 1914.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1915.

9. How old was Berneta when Tom and Bessie moved to Montana?
(a) 1 years old.
(b) 6 months.
(c) 2 years old.
(d) 4 months.

10. Who brought Charlie and Ivan to live with his family after Berneta's funeral?
(a) Angus, Charlie's favorite brother.
(b) Ivan's grandfather.
(c) Charlie's youngest brother.
(d) Pete McCabe.

11. How much did Charlie Doig weigh?
(a) 135 pounds.
(b) 145 pounds.
(c) 180 pounds.
(d) 155 pounds.

12. Who was the classmate that Ivan had met before when his dad was manning a haying crew at a valley ranch owned by her family?
(a) Susan Buckingham.
(b) Peter Alexander.
(c) John Woods.
(d) Jane Browning.

13. How many sons did Tom and Bessie have?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 3.

14. How long might Ivan ride a sawbuck pack saddle as he followed his parents when they were herding?
(a) All day.
(b) Two hours.
(c) Half a day.
(d) Four hours.

15. What would come for Ivan in the mail with the camptender?
(a) School lessons.
(b) Books from a lending library.
(c) Comic books.
(d) Letters from his grandparents.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the restaurant that Charlie and Ruth ran together?

2. In old photos, what type of hat did Ivan's father wear?

3. When did Charlie go to work at the Dogie ranch?

4. When Charlie was helping a scissorbill, who began beating a horse?

5. How many herding dogs appear in the photographs of Ivan's parents?

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