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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what season did Gretel arrive in Wyoming?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

2. What feeling did Gretel get when she went to Wyoming?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Restful.
(c) An awakening.
(d) Numbness.

3. How far outside of town did Ben live?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 15 miles.
(c) 5 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

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

5. Where did Henry Tucker live?
(a) In the barn.
(b) At the heart of the ranch.
(c) In town.
(d) Outside the ranch.

6. What illness prevented Ben from working?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Parapalegia.
(c) Hepatitis.
(d) A fever.

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

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

9. How old was Dorothy?
(a) In her twenties.
(b) In her forties.
(c) In her thirties.
(d) In her fifties.

10. What was John's nickname?
(a) High legs.
(b) Highpockets.
(c) Tally.
(d) Limber legs.

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

12. When was the auction for the largest ranch in Wyoming held?
(a) At the height of calving season.
(b) At the height of dry season.
(c) At the height of wet season.
(d) At the height of lambing season.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the most important thing that ranches provided the sheepherders and cowboys with?

2. What did Ben live in?

3. What was the population of the biggest city in Wyoming when Gretel moved there?

4. What type of look did Gretel say that most of Wyoming had?

5. What is the lowest temperature Wyoming gets to in the winter?

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