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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How much did cowboys get paid a day?
(a) $40.
(b) $20.
(c) $30.
(d) $50.
2. What word did Gretel use to describe the inside of John's trailer?
(a) Dirty.
(b) Outdated.
(c) Fancy.
(d) Extraordinary.
3. What did the lambs that Gretel was herding do up the valley?
(a) Almost drown in the water.
(b) Fall into the quick sand.
(c) Get into the mud.
(d) Get into the oil.
4. What did Gretel relate the passage of seasons to?
(a) Time flying by.
(b) Emotional transitions.
(c) Changing of hours.
(d) Ticking clock.
5. What event did Gretel meet her husband at?
(a) Cowboy Film Festival.
(b) Rodeo.
(c) John Wayne Film Festival.
(d) Grocery store.
6. What were the only things that Gretel could see when she arrived in Wyoming?
(a) White peaks and cornfields.
(b) Black sky and valleys.
(c) White peaks and black sky.
(d) White peaks and valleys.
7. What was a mother cow's job on a ranch?
(a) To provide fur.
(b) To provide milk.
(c) To have babies.
(d) To provide food.
8. What time did John leave Gretel on the ridge?
(a) 6 am.
(b) 7 am.
(c) 5 am.
(d) 4 am.
9. What did Gretel say animals gave people?
(a) Unjaded faces.
(b) Food.
(c) Appreciation for them.
(d) Happiness.
10. According to Gretel what two things were required of a cowboy?
(a) Maternalism and smarts.
(b) Physical vigor and maternalism.
(c) Common sense and physical vigor.
(d) Physical vigor and smarts.
11. What did John leave Gretel with on the ridge?
(a) A border collie.
(b) A mare.
(c) A trailer.
(d) A mare and border collie.
12. How many dams did Frank set to control the flooding water?
(a) 7.
(b) 6.
(c) 5.
(d) 8.
13. How much rain does Wyoming get in the fall and spring each year?
(a) Less than 7 inches a year.
(b) Less than 8 inches a year.
(c) Less than 6 inches a year.
(d) Less than 5 inches a year.
14. What state would Gretel have ended up in if she had gone north?
(a) Montana.
(b) Oregon.
(c) California.
(d) South Dakota.
15. What two buildings did John live catty corner to?
(a) The bar and Mormon Church.
(b) The library and bar.
(c) The grocery store and Mormon Church.
(d) The bar and grocery store.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Seamus Henry say about landscape?
2. According to Gretel what could a daily chore grow into?
3. Where was most of a cowboy's work done?
4. How long was a cowboy's typical workday?
5. Who said that winter looked oceanic?
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