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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. According to Gretel what did courage mean on a ranch?

2. In what year did Gretel first arrive in Wyoming?

3. Where was most of a cowboy's work done?

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

5. What did Seamus Henry say about landscape?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Gretel say that she discovered when herding sheep?

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

3. How did Gretel feel when she was left alone to herd the sheep?

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

5. According to Gretel what did it mean to "be tough" on a ranch?

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

7. What were John's feelings on coyotes?

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

9. Why did Gretel say that westerners were leery of outsiders?

10. According to Gretel what were residents of Wyoming always waiting for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Gretel's feelings about Wyoming after she had lived there for 4 years.

Essay Topic 2

When Gretel got married she toasted to the end of loneliness, but didn't really believe that it would be so. Discuss why Gretel felt that way.

Essay Topic 3

Farm and ranch work were very different. Compare and contrast the work done on farms and ranches.

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