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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What state had Dorothy lived in before moving to Wyoming?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Hawaii.
(c) Maine.
(d) Alaska.

2. What did Gretel say the landscape felt like in winter?
(a) A cave.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) A jail.
(d) A prison.

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

4. How many days did Gretel's first job in Wyoming last?
(a) 17.
(b) 14.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

5. What was the most important thing that ranches provided the sheepherders and cowboys with?
(a) Working dog.
(b) Binoculars.
(c) Saddle.
(d) Horses.

6. How old was Dorothy?
(a) In her thirties.
(b) In her fifties.
(c) In her forties.
(d) In her twenties.

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

8. According to Gretel what did people in Wyoming feel pride about?
(a) That they lived in a harsh place.
(b) That Yellowstone was located there.
(c) That there weren't many people there.
(d) That the ranches there were some of the biggest.

9. How many days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?
(a) 6.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 7.

10. What was the population of the biggest city in Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 20,000.
(b) 50,000.
(c) 80,000.
(d) 100,000.

11. What did Gretel relate a big ranch too?
(a) A farm.
(b) A big city.
(c) A small rodeo.
(d) A miniature society.

12. How long does winter last in Wyoming?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 6 months.

13. According to Gretel what place in Wyoming did most Wyomingites grudgingly acknowledge?
(a) Laramie.
(b) Devil's Tower.
(c) Jackson Hole.
(d) Alcova.

14. What were farm hands who worked on a ranch provided with?
(a) Air conditioned tractors.
(b) Horses.
(c) Working dogs.
(d) Rifles.

15. How long had the largest ranch in Wyoming been in business before it went under?
(a) 90 years.
(b) 80 years.
(c) 87 years.
(d) 97 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Gretel's original motive for moving to Wyoming?

2. What is the lowest temperature Wyoming gets to in the winter?

3. What type of environment did Ben prefer?

4. What did the old ranch hand say that there was lots of in Wyoming?

5. How far outside of town did Ben live?

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