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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many ranch hands had the largest ranch in Wyoming had?
(a) 250.
(b) 100.
(c) 200.
(d) 150.

2. How many square miles is Wyoming?
(a) 1,600.
(b) 1,800.
(c) 1,900.
(d) 1,700.

3. What type of environment did Ben prefer?
(a) Interactive.
(b) Lonely.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Filled with people.

4. What was John's nickname?
(a) Tally.
(b) Limber legs.
(c) Highpockets.
(d) High legs.

5. How far outside of town did Ben live?
(a) 5 miles.
(b) 10 miles.
(c) 20 miles.
(d) 15 miles.

6. What mountain was Gretel herding the sheep past?
(a) Aspen.
(b) Big Horn.
(c) Black Tooth.
(d) Rendezvous.

7. How long were the work days at Gretel's first job in Wyoming?
(a) 12 hours.
(b) 8 hours.
(c) 10 hours.
(d) 14 hours.

8. According to Gretel what type of look did the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming have at the auction?
(a) Depressed.
(b) Drawn.
(c) Brittle.
(d) Drawn and brittle.

9. What was the population of Wyoming when Gretel moved there?
(a) 470,000.
(b) 270,000.
(c) 570,000
(d) 370,000.

10. How much debt were the owners of the largest ranch in Wyoming in when they sold it?
(a) 2 million dollars.
(b) 1.5 million dollars.
(c) 1 million dollars.
(d) 500,000 dollars.

11. What was Gretel's original motive for moving to Wyoming?
(a) To learn to herd sheep.
(b) To experience a different lifestyle.
(c) To lose herself.
(d) To expand her horizons.

12. What impact did the downfall of a big ranch have on it's employees?
(a) Criminal charges.
(b) Bankruptcy.
(c) Forclosure.
(d) Civil charges.

13. What did the old ranch hand say that there was lots of in Wyoming?
(a) Animals.
(b) Open space and rattlesnakes.
(c) Time.
(d) People.

14. How many places in Wyoming could be called cities when Gretel moved there?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

15. Who was Dorothy's boyfriend?
(a) Cliff.
(b) John.
(c) Steve.
(d) Mike.

Short Answer Questions

1. What about the people of Wyoming flushed out the rawness that Gretel felt within herself?

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

3. What feeling did Gretel think she wanted when she went to Wyoming?

4. Who brought Ben groceries?

5. Which three sheepherders wanted their wagons moved during lambing season?

(see the answer keys)

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