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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 many sheep where there to lamb out?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 5,000.

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

3. What illness prevented Ben from working?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Parapalegia.
(d) A fever.

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

5. Where did Henry Tucker live?
(a) In the barn.
(b) Outside the ranch.
(c) In town.
(d) At the heart of the ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many ranch hands had the largest ranch in Wyoming had?

2. How many days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?

3. In what season did Gretel arrive in Wyoming?

4. How often were the groceries brought to Ben?

5. According to Gretel what did people in Wyoming feel pride about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gretel say a person's life in Wyoming was like?

2. What were the lambing sheds like?

3. How did the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming feel as their ranch was being auctioned off?

4. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

5. Why did Ben live 20 miles outside of town?

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

7. Who was Henry Tucker?

8. What did Gretel experience when she arrived in Wyoming?

9. What was a big ranch like?

10. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

(see the answer keys)

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