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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. What type of look did Gretel say that most of Wyoming had?
(a) Lean-to.
(b) Abandoned.
(c) Rundown.
(d) Prairie.

2. What is most of the landscape of Wyoming made up of?
(a) Rocky terrain.
(b) Wetlands.
(c) Mountains.
(d) Arid valleys.

3. How long had the largest ranch in Wyoming been in business before it went under?
(a) 97 years.
(b) 87 years.
(c) 80 years.
(d) 90 years.

4. How many square miles is Wyoming?
(a) 1,900.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,600.
(d) 1,700.

5. How long were the work days at Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) 14 hours.
(b) 12 hours.
(c) 8 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What month was it when the book began?

3. How old was Dorothy?

4. How many sheep was Gretel herding at the beginning of the book?

5. What did Ben live in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was a big ranch like?

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

3. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

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

5. Who was Henry Tucker?

6. What is winter in Wyoming like?

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

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

9. What were the lambing sheds like?

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

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