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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. What was the name given to Regalia for the first three years of her life?

2. On what day does Chapter 7 open?

3. In Elinore's first letter, she writes that she is close to ____________________.

4. How many brothers and sisters did Elinore have?

5. In what part of America did Elinore homestead?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Elinore and Jerrine have to cut their camp out short?

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

4. What did Elinore do after Mr. Stewart did not allow her to go on a foraging expedition?

5. What does Elinore say that Jerrine will enjoy receiving from Mrs. Coney and also what does Jerrine use for a baby doll?

6. What offensive comment did Zebulon say to Elinore and how does she react to it?

7. Describe Gale's wedding to Mr. Patterson.

8. Who was Mrs. Louderer and how did Elinore meet her?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were Elinore's reasons for embarking on her trip to Wyoming? Wouldn't it have been safer for her to stay put with her young daughter in Denver? What did she hope to find that she had never experienced in her life up to this point? What were Elinore's greatest thrills about the trip? Were there any major disappointments? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Elinore's drive to be a homesteader. What did she say it required? Why did she recommend it to other women? What were the benefits of homesteading for women? What type of woman would have been the best candidate for homesteading?

Essay Topic 3

Explain why the accounts of the Wyoming homesteading women had been overlooked for so many years. What value do they have for historians and students today? What value will you take away from this literary experience? Explain.

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