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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many square miles is Wyoming?
(a) 1,800.
(b) 1,600.
(c) 1,700.
(d) 1,900.

2. What month was it when the book began?
(a) June.
(b) May.
(c) July.
(d) August.

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

11. How long had Gretel been in Wyoming at the start of the book?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 2 years.

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

13. What was the population of Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 370,000.
(b) 270,000.
(c) 470,000.
(d) 570,000

14. What mountain was Gretel herding the sheep past?
(a) Big Horn.
(b) Black Tooth.
(c) Aspen.
(d) Rendezvous.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was John's nickname?

3. Where did Henry Tucker live?

4. How far outside of town did Ben live?

5. What type of look did Gretel say that most of Wyoming had?

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