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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Gretel say she gained from winter?
(a) Appreciativeness.
(b) A renewed sense of wonder.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Peripheral vision.

2. What were the names of Gretel's crew members?
(a) Nick and Rebecca.
(b) Joan and Steve.
(c) Rebecca and Steve.
(d) Joan and Nick.

3. What were the only things that Gretel could see when she arrived in Wyoming?
(a) White peaks and black sky.
(b) White peaks and cornfields.
(c) Black sky and valleys.
(d) White peaks and valleys.

4. What did Gretel look for when she was in New York and missing Wyoming?
(a) Camel ads.
(b) Salem ads.
(c) Marlboro ads.
(d) Winston ads.

5. What two buildings did John live catty corner to?
(a) The grocery store and Mormon Church.
(b) The bar and grocery store.
(c) The library and bar.
(d) The bar and Mormon Church.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Jack Davis lead his mules from?

2. What did Gretel say made Westerners distrustful of outsiders?

3. What did a friend of Gretel's teach his dog to do?

4. What did the lambs that Gretel was herding do up the valley?

5. According to Gretel what work did cowboys look down on?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were John's feelings on coyotes?

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

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

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

5. What was an animal's job on a ranch?

6. Who did Gretel work with in Wyoming?

7. What is the weather like during winter in Wyoming?

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

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

10. According to Gretel what type of person was a cowboy?

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