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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Gretel what did people in Wyoming feel pride about?
(a) That Yellowstone was located there.
(b) That there weren't many people there.
(c) That they lived in a harsh place.
(d) That the ranches there were some of the biggest.

2. Who was Dorothy?
(a) A friend of Gretel's.
(b) A ranch owner.
(c) A cowgirl.
(d) Gretel's sister.

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

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

5. How old was Henry?
(a) In his sixties.
(b) In his eighties.
(c) In his seventies.
(d) In his fifties.

Short Answer Questions

1. What state had Dorothy lived in before moving to Wyoming?

2. What did Gretel relate a big ranch too?

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

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

5. What did Cliff want to be?

Short Essay Questions

1. How were the workers on a ranch treated by the ranch owner?

2. Who was Henry Tucker?

3. What were the lambing sheds like?

4. How did John react to the open space of Wyoming?

5. How did Gretel say that things happened in Wyoming?

6. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

7. Why did Gretel feel that to live and work in Wyoming was to lose distinction of background and foreground?

8. What was Gretel's original motive when moving to Wyoming?

9. How did those working in the lambing shed try to make a ewe believe that an orphaned lamb was hers?

10. What did it mean to "winter in town"?

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