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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. Where did Henry Tucker live?

2. What did Ben live in?

3. How old was Dorothy?

4. How long had the largest ranch in Wyoming been in business before it went under?

5. What was the most important thing that ranches provided the sheepherders and cowboys with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the lambing sheds like?

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

3. Who was Henry Tucker?

4. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

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

6. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

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

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

9. Why did Ben live 20 miles outside of town?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Gretel's time as a sheep herder. Use examples from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the quote "landscape is sacramental, to be read as text" meant to Gretel?

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