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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. When did the lambing season start?

2. What mountain was Gretel herding the sheep past?

3. Who brought Ben groceries?

4. What feeling did Gretel get when she went to Wyoming?

5. When did the lambing season end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Henry Tucker?

4. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

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

6. What is winter in Wyoming like?

7. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

8. Who was Dorothy?

9. How were the workers on a ranch treated by the ranch owner?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

As Gretel spent more time with her Indian neighbors she came to have a new appreciation for their religious beliefs. Discuss this, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

Gretel described the man that became her husband as a cultural straddle. Explain what you think she meant by that term.

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