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8. Many Basques who arrived in Idaho in the early 1900's to herd sheep had never worked with sheep before they were taken to the mountain pastures and told, "See you in a month or so."

a. True
  b. False

Correct!
Many Basque sheepherders interviewed decades later recall their fright at being left to herd sheep.  Many were completely untrained and unprepared for the physical endurance needed to care for so many animals, while faced with such loneliness.

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