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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Venters block the entrance to Surprise Valley?
(a) He builds a makeshift fence.
(b) He stacks rocks up to cover the entrance.
(c) He covers it with thorny branches.
(d) He leaves the dogs to guard the entrance.

2. Venters returns to Surprise Valley with supplies for how long?
(a) Several years.
(b) Days.
(c) Months.
(d) Weeks.

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

4. How does Venters find the opening to Surprise Valley?
(a) Ring goes into the opening and lead the way.
(b) He notices ancient marks in the rock that lead up a cliff.
(c) He follows blood drops up the cliff.
(d) There are small arrows engraved in the rocks leading him up the pass.

5. What relationship does Venters assume that Bess had with Oldring?
(a) She was his lover.
(b) She was one of his rustlers.
(c) She was his sister.
(d) She was never around Oldring.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When Jane and Venters leave Lassiter at the grave and are walking back, they see a rider. Who?

3. The morning after the storm, Venters wants to return to Cottonwoods, but what are his reasons?

4. Why did Milly die?

5. After taking Lassiter to Milly's grave, what does Jane wonder aloud to Venters?

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