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

2. How many days did the herding trip take that Gretel was on at the beginning of the book?

3. How old was Dorothy?

4. What type of personality did Dorothy have?

5. When did the lambing season start?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who was Dorothy?

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

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

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

7. What tools were given to cowboys and sheepherders?

8. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

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

10. How did John react to the open space of 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

Describe Gretel's initial reaction to Wyoming, using examples from the book.

Essay Topic 3

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

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