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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19 - 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bess say Oldring is doing to hide his true motives?
(a) Shooting men.
(b) Rustling cattle.
(c) Terrorizing towns.
(d) Keeping Bess.

2. What does Oldring really do for a living?
(a) Pans and digs for gold.
(b) Trains Arabian horses.
(c) Owns a cattle ranch.
(d) Farms.

3. When Venters sees Jerry Card on this horse, what does Venters do?
(a) He runs him off a cliff.
(b) He talks to him and convinces him to give up the horse.
(c) He chases him.
(d) He shoots him.

4. Why are there four separate entrances to the Brandt's house?
(a) The house was built at different times.
(b) The children are divided up by age.
(c) There are four wives and each have their own section of the house.
(d) Mr. Brandt lives in one, the other sections are for his wives, his children, and storage.

5. Bess and Venters return to the cliff dwellings and find something more. What?
(a) Human bone.
(b) A secret hiding place inside the caves.
(c) Stored food.
(d) Metal instruments for farming.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jerry Card is racing Wrangle into the canyon, what does Venters do?

2. What does Venters realize the morning after the storm?

3. What did Frank Erne do to the new preacher in town?

4. What does the Bishop say Jane's father wanted for her?

5. How does Venters find the opening to Surprise Valley?

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