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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Gretel look for when she was in New York and missing Wyoming?
(a) Winston ads.
(b) Marlboro ads.
(c) Camel ads.
(d) Salem ads.

3. What word did Gretel use to describe the inside of John's trailer?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Outdated.
(c) Extraordinary.
(d) Fancy.

4. What did the lambs that Gretel was herding do up the valley?
(a) Get into the mud.
(b) Fall into the quick sand.
(c) Almost drown in the water.
(d) Get into the oil.

5. What did Gretel encounter up the valley when she was herding?
(a) Flooding.
(b) Huge mud puddles.
(c) Quick sand.
(d) Fenced in oil spills.

6. What did John leave Gretel with on the ridge?
(a) A border collie.
(b) A mare and border collie.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A mare.

7. Where did Gretel move after a month in Wyoming?
(a) A different motel.
(b) An apartment in town.
(c) The barn on the ranch.
(d) A spare room in John's home.

8. What did Gretel say animals gave people?
(a) Food.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Unjaded faces.
(d) Appreciation for them.

9. How much rain does Wyoming get in the fall and spring each year?
(a) Less than 6 inches a year.
(b) Less than 7 inches a year.
(c) Less than 8 inches a year.
(d) Less than 5 inches a year.

10. According to Gretel what two things were required of a cowboy?
(a) Maternalism and smarts.
(b) Physical vigor and maternalism.
(c) Physical vigor and smarts.
(d) Common sense and physical vigor.

11. What Jane Fonda movie did Gretel mention in Chapter 4?
(a) Electric Horseman.
(b) Cimarron.
(c) 3:10 to Yuma.
(d) The Alamo.

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

13. What time did John leave Gretel on the ridge?
(a) 7 am.
(b) 5 am.
(c) 6 am.
(d) 4 am.

14. Why did Gretel originally go to Wyoming?
(a) To become a rancher.
(b) To escape her life.
(c) To become a sheep herder.
(d) To film a documentary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Gretel say winter was?

2. What event did Gretel meet her husband at?

3. What did the Chinese call drifting snow?

4. What was a mother cow's job on a ranch?

5. What time of day was it when Gretel arrived in Wyoming?

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