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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?
(a) Rudy, Fred and John.
(b) Albert, Fred and John.
(c) Ed, Fred and John.
(d) Albert, Ed and Rudy.

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

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

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

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

6. What about the people of Wyoming flushed out the rawness that Gretel felt within herself?
(a) Their welcoming attitude.
(b) Their love for what they did.
(c) Their love of the land.
(d) Their vitality.

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

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

9. How many ranch hands had the largest ranch in Wyoming had?
(a) 200.
(b) 250.
(c) 150.
(d) 100.

10. What did the old ranch hand say that there was lots of in Wyoming?
(a) Open space and rattlesnakes.
(b) Time.
(c) People.
(d) Animals.

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

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

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

14. In what season did Gretel arrive in Wyoming?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Winter.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was Dorothy's boyfriend?

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

3. How much debt were the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming in when they sold it?

4. According to Gretel what type of look did the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming have at the auction?

5. What was the population of Wyoming when Gretel moved there?

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