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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what part of America did Elinore homestead?

2. What food did Zebulon, Elinore and Jerrine share?

3. Where does Elinore take Jerrine when the men go on a round-up?

4. What was Zebulon's nickname?

5. Which person in Elinore's family died during this time?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was in the August 15th, 1910 letter?

2. What arrangements were made so that Zebulon could return to his old home for a visit?

3. What is the content of Elinore's first letter and to whom was it written?

4. What was the purpose of the sewing bee that Elinore organized for Cora Belle's family?

5. Who was Mrs. O'Shaughnessy and how did Elinore meet her?

6. What did Elinore name her and Clyde's new son and for whom was the child named?

7. Describe why the summer of 1909 was a very busy one for Elinore.

8. What stirs up Zebulon's interest in going back to his old home?

9. What did Elinore write regarding the lives of Gale and Sedalia?

10. Who has the sheriff been searching for and what happened to that person?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain how a frontier town was established. Where was it most likely to be located? What were the typical establishments in a frontier town? Why were frontier towns so volatile?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the influx of immigrants to the Wyoming frontier. For what reasons did they leave their homes? What special challenges did they experience in homesteading in Wyoming that Americans did not experience? How readily accepted were the immigrants by the established settlers in Wyoming?

Essay Topic 3

Why were social visits so welcome among the Wyoming homesteaders? What was the nature of a typical social call from one family on another? What were some of the social events held so that groups of homesteaders could meet and form friendships? What were the usual activities that would occur at these events?

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