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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. In what year did Gretel first arrive in Wyoming?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1977.
(d) 1978.

2. What event did Gretel meet her husband at?
(a) Grocery store.
(b) Cowboy Film Festival.
(c) Rodeo.
(d) John Wayne Film Festival.

3. What was Jack Davis's job?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Sheep herder.
(c) Ranch hand.
(d) Packer.

4. What did Gretel encounter up the valley when she was herding?
(a) Flooding.
(b) Quick sand.
(c) Huge mud puddles.
(d) Fenced in oil spills.

5. How many miles did the ranch land extend in either direction?
(a) 40-50.
(b) 100--120.
(c) 30-40.
(d) 50-60.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened if a ranch animal didn't do their job?

2. What did Gretel say she gained from winter?

3. What Jane Fonda movie did Gretel mention in Chapter 4?

4. What time of day was it when Gretel arrived in Wyoming?

5. What was the name of a neighboring rancher who was in his seventies?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Gretel say she regained within herself when she began working with animals?

3. How did Gretel describe the passing of seasons?

4. What did Gretel say living with animals made her redefine?

5. What happened during irrigating season?

6. Why did Gretel go to Wyoming?

7. How did the poet Seamus Henry describe landscape and earth?

8. Who was David?

9. What was an animal's job on a ranch?

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

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