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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 environment did Ben prefer?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Interactive.
(c) Filled with people.
(d) Lonely.

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

3. What was the population of Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 270,000.
(b) 570,000
(c) 470,000.
(d) 370,000.

4. How many sheep was Gretel herding at the beginning of the book?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 1,000.
(c) 2,000.
(d) 4,000.

5. What state had Dorothy lived in before moving to Wyoming?
(a) Oregon.
(b) Maine.
(c) Alaska.
(d) Hawaii.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?

3. How did Gretel feel in the winter?

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

5. How many miles was the herding trip that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

5. What were the lambing sheds like?

6. What was a big ranch like?

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

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

9. What is winter in Wyoming like?

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

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