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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13 - 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why has Mrs. Larkin always been afraid to give her daughter to Jane?
(a) She believes Jane would be mean to her daughter.
(b) She is afraid Jane would raise her as a Mormon.
(c) She thinks Jane would kidnap her daughter.
(d) She thinks her daughter will not go willingly.

2. When Venters tells Bess of his nightime trips to find beef, how does Bess react?
(a) She starts yelling.
(b) She is thrilled to get some meat.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She almost faints from fear.

3. When Venters asks Bess what she did when she wasn't riding with Oldring, what does she say?
(a) The rustlers took care of her.
(b) The rode horses alone.
(c) She stayed with a woman and her children.
(d) She was shut up in a cabin.

4. Why does Venters want Bess to get well?
(a) He thinks she is rich.
(b) He wants to find out her story.
(c) He thinks she can lead him to Oldring.
(d) He doesn't want to be responsible for killing an unarmed woman.

5. Venters and Bess take cover from the storm in their cave and Bess, afraid, snuggles with Venters. What does he know in this moment?
(a) That Bess will marry him.
(b) That Bess loves him.
(c) That Bess is afraid of him.
(d) That Bess will return someday to Oldring.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many cattle are in the red herd?

2. Lassiter rides into the white herd to calm them and stop the movement. What happens to Lassiter's horse?

3. After his stay in Surprise Valley, what does Venters tell Tull about the red herd?

4. After Mrs. Larkin dies, Jane continues to hear something in the fields by her house. What does she hear?

5. After Venters shoots the two riders in the oval valley, what does he do with the dead body?

(see the answer key)

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