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

2. How big was the ranch that Charlie was the foreman of when he was just 25?
(a) 45,000 acres.
(b) 75,000 acres.
(c) 35,000 acres.
(d) 27,000 acres.

3. When did Ivan's grandfather come to the United States?
(a) 1897.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1872.
(d) 1893.

4. At what town in Montana, did Tom, Bessie and Berneta leave the train?
(a) Three Forks.
(b) Castle Mountain.
(c) White Sulphur Springs.
(d) Ringling.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Ruth have after divorcing Charlie?

2. Who was herding on Grassy Mountain when Charlie helped a scissorbill?

3. When did Charlie and Ruth marry?

4. For whom was the Smith River named during the era of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

5. When did Charlie help a scissorbill feed his cattle?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ivan look like as a boy?

2. What was boarding out?

3. What happened on Ivan's sixth birthday?

4. What business did Charlie and Ruth run together?

5. Where did Bessie work after Tom left and she ended their marriage?

6. Why did Charlie decide to ask Bessie to help him with Ivan?

7. Describe Thomas Ringer.

8. What good and bad luck did Charlie Doig, his mother, and brothers have in 1919-1920?

9. Why was it hard for Ivan when he and his father stayed with Ivan's Uncle Angus and his family?

10. What was different about Ruth from the other ranch cooks?

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