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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the lambs that Gretel was herding do up the valley?
(a) Get into the oil.
(b) Fall into the quick sand.
(c) Get into the mud.
(d) Almost drown in the water.

2. What impact did the downfall of a big ranch have on it's employees?
(a) Criminal charges.
(b) Civil charges.
(c) Forclosure.
(d) Bankruptcy.

3. What was Jack Davis's job?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Sheep herder.
(c) Packer.
(d) Ranch hand.

4. Why did Gretel believe that cowboys were "strong and silent"?
(a) Because they didn't like people.
(b) Because they were lonely.
(c) Because that was their personality.
(d) Because they had no one to talk to.

5. How many miles was the herding trip that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?
(a) 50.
(b) 70.
(c) 80.
(d) 60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gretel say winter in Wyoming looked like?

2. What did the Chinese call drifting snow?

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

4. According to Gretel what could a daily chore grow into?

5. What did Gretel say people burdened animals with?

(see the answer key)

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