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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where was Gretel herding the sheep to at the beginning of the book?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Star Valley.
(c) Wyoming Badlands.
(d) Big Horn Mountains.

2. What is the lowest temperature Wyoming gets to in the winter?
(a) 30 below zero.
(b) 10 below zero.
(c) 20 below zero.
(d) 40 below zero.

3. According to Gretel what type of look did the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming have at the auction?
(a) Drawn and brittle.
(b) Drawn.
(c) Brittle.
(d) Depressed.

4. What did Gretel encounter up the valley when she was herding?
(a) Quick sand.
(b) Huge mud puddles.
(c) Flooding.
(d) Fenced in oil spills.

5. How long is the irrigating season in Wyoming?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 4 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 6 months.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Gretel what element of a cowboy's job was dramatically underplayed?

2. How many square miles is Wyoming?

3. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?

4. Who quit at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. How many miles was the herding trip that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?

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