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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. How often were the groceries brought to Ben?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every other week.
(d) Twice a week.

2. What was John's nickname?
(a) Highpockets.
(b) High legs.
(c) Limber legs.
(d) Tally.

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

4. What did Ben live in?
(a) Apartment.
(b) Trailer.
(c) Truck.
(d) Sheep wagon.

5. What did Cliff want to be?
(a) A ranch owner.
(b) A songwriter.
(c) An auctioneer.
(d) A cowboy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Wyoming mean in Indian?

2. How far outside of town did Ben live?

3. Who was Dorothy's boyfriend?

4. When did the lambing season start?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the biggest characteristic of the landscape in Wyoming?

2. What was a big ranch like?

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

4. What is winter in Wyoming like?

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

6. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

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

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

9. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

10. What were the lambing sheds like?

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