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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. What was Gretel's original motive for moving to Wyoming?
(a) To learn to herd sheep.
(b) To experience a different lifestyle.
(c) To expand her horizons.
(d) To lose herself.

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

3. What mountain was Gretel herding the sheep past?
(a) Rendezvous.
(b) Black Tooth.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Big Horn.

4. According to Gretel what did people in Wyoming feel pride about?
(a) That there weren't many people there.
(b) That Yellowstone was located there.
(c) That they lived in a harsh place.
(d) That the ranches there were some of the biggest.

5. How many days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?
(a) 7.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gretel's first job in Wyoming?

2. In what season did Gretel arrive in Wyoming?

3. What month was it when the book began?

4. How often were the groceries brought to Ben?

5. When did the lambing season end?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the lambing sheds like?

2. How did Gretel say that things happened in Wyoming?

3. Why did Ben live 20 miles outside of town?

4. How were the workers on a ranch treated by the ranch owner?

5. What was a big ranch like?

6. Who was Dorothy?

7. What did Gretel say a person's life in Wyoming was like?

8. Who was Henry Tucker?

9. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

10. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

(see the answer keys)

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