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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened if a ranch animal didn't do their job?
(a) They were sold.
(b) They got shot.
(c) They were killed.
(d) They were given away.

2. What did Gretel previously do in her sleep?
(a) Toss and turn.
(b) Walk.
(c) Have nightmares.
(d) Have dreams.

3. Why did Gretel believe that cowboys were "strong and silent"?
(a) Because they didn't like people.
(b) Because that was their personality.
(c) Because they were lonely.
(d) Because they had no one to talk to.

4. What did old timer's say storms were announced by?
(a) A change in body temperature.
(b) Howling wind.
(c) Mare's tails.
(d) A warning by dogs.

5. What was a mother cow's job on a ranch?
(a) To provide milk.
(b) To have babies.
(c) To provide fur.
(d) To provide food.

6. What did the Chinese call drifting snow?
(a) White jade mountains.
(b) Jade Peaks.
(c) Sparkling jade.
(d) Rivers of jade.

7. What did Gretel say animals didn't care about?
(a) Their outcome.
(b) Their job.
(c) Who a person had been.
(d) Who a person was.

8. What did Gretel say animals held her to?
(a) The future.
(b) To be thankful.
(c) Reality.
(d) What was present.

9. What did Gretel relate the passage of seasons to?
(a) Ticking clock.
(b) Changing of hours.
(c) Time flying by.
(d) Emotional transitions.

10. In what year did Gretel first arrive in Wyoming?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1979.

11. What did Gretel say people burdened animals with?
(a) Their attitudes.
(b) Their unappreciativeness.
(c) Their problems.
(d) Bodies and civilized ordeals.

12. How many miles did the ranch land extend in either direction?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 100--120.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 50-60.

13. Where was most of a cowboy's work done?
(a) Sitting down.
(b) On horseback.
(c) On the ranch.
(d) Walking.

14. What animal visited Gretel's sheep camp every night?
(a) Bobcat.
(b) Hyenas.
(c) Bear.
(d) Mountain lion.

15. What did Gretel say made Westerners distrustful of outsiders?
(a) Their patronizing attitude toward animals.
(b) Their unappreciative attitude of nature.
(c) Their lack of understanding.
(d) Their condescending attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of a neighboring rancher who was in his seventies?

2. How long was a cowboy's typical workday?

3. Who quit at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. What were the names of Gretel's crew members?

5. Why did Gretel originally go to Wyoming?

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