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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sheep where there to lamb out?

2. Who was Dorothy?

3. What type of personality did Dorothy have?

4. What about the people of Wyoming flushed out the rawness that Gretel felt within herself?

5. What did Gretel say the landscape felt like in winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

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

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

6. What is winter in Wyoming like?

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

8. Who was Dorothy?

9. What was a big ranch like?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Gretel's feelings regarding ranch work. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

As Gretel spent time outdoors in Wyoming she gained an appreciation for nature. Discuss this using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

When Gretel went to New York she felt very homesick for Wyoming. Describe Gretel's feelings while she was in New York.

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