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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 did Gretel relate a big ranch too?

2. How long does winter last in Wyoming?

3. What did the old ranch hand say that there was lots of in Wyoming?

4. What was John's nickname?

5. How many sheep where there to lamb out?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the landscape of Wyoming like?

2. How did John react to the open space of Wyoming?

3. How did Gretel say that things happened in Wyoming?

4. Why was John's nickname high pockets?

5. What were the lambing sheds like?

6. Who was Dorothy?

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

8. How did those working in the lambing shed try to make a ewe believe that an orphaned lamb was hers?

9. Who was Henry Tucker?

10. What was a big ranch like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Over time Gretel began to call Wyoming home, discuss why she felt so at home in Wyoming.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the quote "landscape is sacramental, to be read as text" meant to Gretel?

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