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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 ranch hands had the largest ranch in Wyoming had?
(a) 150.
(b) 200.
(c) 100.
(d) 250.

2. According to Gretel what place in Wyoming did most Wyomingites grudgingly acknowledge?
(a) Jackson Hole.
(b) Devil's Tower.
(c) Alcova.
(d) Laramie.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of environment did Ben prefer?

2. How old was Dorothy?

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

4. What did Cliff want to be?

5. When did the lambing season start?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did it mean to "winter in town"?

3. What was a big ranch like?

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

5. What is the biggest characteristic of the landscape in Wyoming?

6. How did John react to the open space of Wyoming?

7. What was Gretel's original motive when moving to Wyoming?

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

9. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

10. How did those working in the lambing shed try to make a ewe believe that an orphaned lamb was hers?

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