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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. Where did Gretel move after a month in Wyoming?
(a) The barn on the ranch.
(b) A different motel.
(c) A spare room in John's home.
(d) An apartment in town.

2. According to Gretel what work did cowboys look down on?
(a) Construction work.
(b) Bankers work.
(c) City folk's work.
(d) Farmer's work.

3. What did Seamus Henry say about landscape?
(a) That it was beautiful
(b) That is was ugly.
(c) That it was sacramental.
(d) That it was clean.

4. Where did Jack Davis lead his mules from?
(a) Wyoming to Montana.
(b) Wyoming to Utah.
(c) Wyoming to Arizona.
(d) Wyoming to Colorado.

5. What did Gretel relate the passage of seasons to?
(a) Changing of hours.
(b) Ticking clock.
(c) Emotional transitions.
(d) Time flying by.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who quit at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. Where was most of a cowboy's work done?

3. Why did Gretel originally go to Wyoming?

4. How long was a cowboy's typical workday?

5. According to Gretel what did courage mean on a ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened during irrigating season?

2. According to Gretel what did it mean to "be tough" on a ranch?

3. Who did Gretel work with in Wyoming?

4. Why did Gretel go to Wyoming?

5. What fears did Gretel having when sheep herding?

6. What happened when Gretel worked on the sheep ranch and they were having a drought?

7. According to Gretel what type of person was a cowboy?

8. How did Gretel feel when she was left alone to herd the sheep?

9. How did Gretel describe the passing of seasons?

10. According to Gretel what were residents of Wyoming always waiting for?

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