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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 have Elinore's husband and the men taken the thresher?

2. Which of Elinore's sons died?

3. Elinore has been feeling _______________ at home with the new baby.

4. Gavotte made Christmas presents out of what material?

5. Where had Elinore hoped to travel one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Elinore tell Mrs. Coney about her son, Jamie, and her life in general?

2. What reason did Elinore give for marrying Clyde?

3. What did Elinore say about the time that the thresher crew came?

4. What did Elinore note about Jerrine's skills and for which profession she was probably suited?

5. Who was Bishy Bennet and how did Elinore encounter him?

6. What is the charming content of a letter written to Mrs. Coney by Jerrine?

7. What good fortune did Gavotte have in the summer of 1912?

8. What was the nature of the dinner to which Gavotte invited the Stewarts, Mrs. Louderer and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy?

9. Who was the woman who Gavotte and the others found in the cabin and what was her situation?

10. What were the Leather-Stocking Tales and what did Gavotte plan around the stories?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were social visits so welcome among the Wyoming homesteaders? What was the nature of a typical social call from one family on another? What were some of the social events held so that groups of homesteaders could meet and form friendships? What were the usual activities that would occur at these events?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the influx of immigrants to the Wyoming frontier. For what reasons did they leave their homes? What special challenges did they experience in homesteading in Wyoming that Americans did not experience? How readily accepted were the immigrants by the established settlers in Wyoming?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the role of women in frontier life in early twentieth century Wyoming. How were gender roles blurred during this period of time in Wyoming? What lessons did women learn about themselves as they carved lives for their families out of the sod and hills of the prairie?

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