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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 days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 5.
(d) 7.

2. What about the people of Wyoming flushed out the rawness that Gretel felt within herself?
(a) Their welcoming attitude.
(b) Their love for what they did.
(c) Their vitality.
(d) Their love of the land.

3. How far outside of town did Ben live?
(a) 20 miles.
(b) 5 miles.
(c) 15 miles.
(d) 10 miles.

4. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?
(a) Albert, Fred and John.
(b) Rudy, Fred and John.
(c) Albert, Ed and Rudy.
(d) Ed, Fred and John.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Dorothy?

2. Who brought Ben groceries?

3. What did Cliff want to be?

4. Where was Gretel herding the sheep to at the beginning of the book?

5. What were farm hands who worked on a ranch provided with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the lambing sheds like?

2. What was a big ranch like?

3. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

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

5. Who was Dorothy?

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

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

8. Who was Henry Tucker?

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

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

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