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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What did Ben live in?
(a) Trailer.
(b) Sheep wagon.
(c) Apartment.
(d) Truck.

9. When did the lambing season end?
(a) July.
(b) May.
(c) June.
(d) April.

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

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

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

13. How many sheep was Gretel herding at the beginning of the book?
(a) 1,000.
(b) 2,000.
(c) 4,000.
(d) 3,000.

14. What type of personality did Dorothy have?
(a) Vivacious.
(b) Loving.
(c) Happy.
(d) Angry.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Gretel feel in the winter?

2. Where did Henry Tucker live?

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

4. What was Gretel's first job in Wyoming?

5. How old was Henry?

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