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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 22 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Venters name the rock at the entrance to Surprise Valley?
(a) Balancing Rock.
(b) Jane's Rock.
(c) Bess's Rock.
(d) Venter's Rock

2. 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.

3. According to Venters, what has Bishop Dyer done to hurt Venters?
(a) Stole his best horse.
(b) Tried to convert him to Mormonism.
(c) Took his guns.
(d) Sent out an edict to ruin him.

4. On his way back to town a second time, who does Venters encounter?
(a) Tull.
(b) Dyer.
(c) A group of rustlers.
(d) Lassiter.

5. When Jane tells Blake to go to the sage and get all her horses, what information does Blake have?
(a) The horses are back in the coral.
(b) All the horses are gone.
(c) The horses are resting.
(d) The horses are eating.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Venters do to get some beef for Bess?

2. What crime does Tull accuse Venters of?

3. When Venters goes to find the red herd, how far does he travel in three hours?

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

5. After Venters says goodbye to Lassiter, what new worry comes to his mind?

(see the answer key)

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