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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 places in Wyoming could be called cities when Gretel moved there?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

2. How old was Dorothy?
(a) In her thirties.
(b) In her forties.
(c) In her fifties.
(d) In her twenties.

3. According to Gretel what type of look did the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming have at the auction?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Brittle.
(c) Drawn.
(d) Drawn and brittle.

4. What type of personality did Dorothy have?
(a) Angry.
(b) Vivacious.
(c) Loving.
(d) Happy.

5. In what season did Gretel arrive in Wyoming?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What feeling did Gretel think she wanted when she went to Wyoming?

3. What impact did the downfall of a big ranch have on it's employees?

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

5. Which of the current owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming was a descendant of the original ranchers?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is winter in Wyoming like?

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

4. What were the lambing sheds like?

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

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

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

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

9. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

10. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

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