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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How far outside of town did Ben live?
(a) 10 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

2. How many sheep where there to lamb out?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 500.

3. What type of look did Gretel say that most of Wyoming had?
(a) Prairie.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Lean-to.
(d) Rundown.

4. How did Gretel's dog teach her to sleep?
(a) Curled in a ball.
(b) In a bed.
(c) Curled against sagebrush.
(d) Stretched out.

5. What illness prevented Ben from working?
(a) A fever.
(b) Hepatitis.
(c) Parapalegia.
(d) Tuberculosis.

6. How old was Henry?
(a) In his eighties.
(b) In his fifties.
(c) In his seventies.
(d) In his sixties.

7. What was Gretel's original motive for moving to Wyoming?
(a) To experience a different lifestyle.
(b) To expand her horizons.
(c) To lose herself.
(d) To learn to herd sheep.

8. Which of the current owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming was a descendant of the original ranchers?
(a) The aunt.
(b) The husband.
(c) The niece.
(d) The wife.

9. What was Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) Herding cattle.
(b) Helping to shear and brand sheep.
(c) Herding sheep.
(d) Branding cattle.

10. What type of environment did Ben prefer?
(a) Interactive.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Lonely.
(d) Filled with people.

11. When was the auction for the largest ranch in Wyoming held?
(a) At the height of dry season.
(b) At the height of lambing season.
(c) At the height of calving season.
(d) At the height of wet season.

12. What feeling did Gretel get when she went to Wyoming?
(a) Numbness.
(b) An awakening.
(c) Restful.
(d) Excitement.

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

14. How long were the work days at Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

15. What feeling did Gretel think she wanted when she went to Wyoming?
(a) Excitement.
(b) Adventureous.
(c) Numbness.
(d) Restful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Henry Tucker live?

2. What mountain was Gretel herding the sheep past?

3. How many days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?

4. According to Gretel what place in Wyoming did most Wyomingites grudgingly acknowledge?

5. How often were the groceries brought to Ben?

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