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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who brought Ben groceries?
(a) Gretel.
(b) A ranch hand.
(c) The ranch owner.
(d) A plumber.

2. What month was it when the book began?
(a) May.
(b) August.
(c) June.
(d) July.

3. How many sheep where there to lamb out?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 5,000.

4. What was the population of Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 370,000.
(b) 570,000
(c) 470,000.
(d) 270,000.

5. What is the lowest temperature Wyoming gets to in the winter?
(a) 10 below zero.
(b) 20 below zero.
(c) 40 below zero.
(d) 30 below zero.

6. What does Wyoming mean in Indian?
(a) In the prairie.
(b) At the great plains.
(c) At the coyote land.
(d) At the great mountains.

7. How many square miles is Wyoming?
(a) 1,700.
(b) 1,900.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 1,800.

8. What was Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) Helping to shear and brand sheep.
(b) Herding sheep.
(c) Branding cattle.
(d) Herding cattle.

9. What state had Dorothy lived in before moving to Wyoming?
(a) Hawaii.
(b) Alaska.
(c) Oregon.
(d) Maine.

10. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?
(a) Rudy, Fred and John.
(b) Albert, Ed and Rudy.
(c) Albert, Fred and John.
(d) Ed, Fred and John.

11. How long does winter last in Wyoming?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 6 months.
(d) 4 months.

12. How many places in Wyoming could be called cities when Gretel moved there?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

13. How long were the work days at Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) 10 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 14 hours.
(d) 12 hours.

14. What was the population of the biggest city in Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 80,000.
(c) 50,000.
(d) 20,000.

15. Who was Dorothy?
(a) Gretel's sister.
(b) A friend of Gretel's.
(c) A cowgirl.
(d) A ranch owner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of personality did Dorothy have?

2. What did Gretel relate a big ranch too?

3. When did the lambing season start?

4. What feeling did Gretel think she wanted when she went to Wyoming?

5. According to Gretel what did people in Wyoming feel pride about?

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