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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the shooting, Venters moves Bess to a safe location, but returns to the oval valley. Why?
(a) To bring horses back to camp.
(b) To steal a cow for food.
(c) To spy on the rustlers again.
(d) To kill a rabbit for food.

2. After Jane visits Mary Brandt, she goes to the Gentile village. Why does she go?
(a) She needs to hire men.
(b) She must walk through this area to get home.
(c) She is curious about the poor end of town.
(d) She wants to find Venters.

3. How does Jane pay Blake when he returns to work for her?
(a) She is not able to pay him.
(b) She gives him food and a place to sleep.
(c) She pays him in gold.
(d) She pays him in cash.

4. When Venters goes into Cottonwood, all the men are in the streets. What are they talking about?
(a) The marriage of Jane and Tull.
(b) The coming of Lassiter.
(c) The sage.
(d) The new Mormon church.

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

6. When Jane's riders disappear, what does Judkins tell her happened to them?
(a) The riders aren't gone; they are hiding in Deception Canyon.
(b) The riders were "called in" by the churchmen.
(c) The riders are working for Tull on his ranch.
(d) The riders are all dead.

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

8. Who is being entertained at the Brandt house?
(a) Tull.
(b) Lassiter.
(c) Bishop Dyer.
(d) Oldring.

9. What are the signs that Milly gave up the Mormon religion?
(a) She quit teaching and fought against Mormon ways of raising a girl.
(b) She told Jane she gave up the religion.
(c) She taught in a Gentile school.
(d) Her headstone has no Mormon symbols.

10. What is making the white herd move so quickly?
(a) Someone on the ridge is shooting at them.
(b) Someone on another ridge is spooking them with a white sheet.
(c) Someone on the ridge is yelling.
(d) Someone on the ridge is throwing rocks at them.

11. What relationship did Bishop Dyer have with Jane's father?
(a) He was a counselor to her father.
(b) He was her father's best friend.
(c) He did not know Jane's father very well.
(d) He was a teacher to her father.

12. What ancient discovery does Venters find in Surprise Valley?
(a) Ancient rock formations.
(b) Rock tablet with ancient writings.
(c) Prehistoric animal bones.
(d) Ancient cliff dwellers.

13. Who founded the town of Cottonwood?
(a) Bishop Dyer.
(b) Oldring.
(c) Jane.
(d) Jane's father.

14. While Venters is in Surprise Valley, Jane brings a guest into her home. Who?
(a) Lassiter.
(b) Bishop Dyer.
(c) Fay and her sick mother.
(d) Fay alone.

15. When Venters takes Bess to Surprise Valley, she awakens and think she hears a waterfall. What is she really hearing?
(a) Shooting in the distance.
(b) The wind in the valley.
(c) The stream running through the valley.
(d) Ancient voices.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary Brandt, Janes friend, urge her to do when Jane visits her?

2. What was Jane's vow to Milly Erne?

3. What does Venters name the rock at the entrance to Surprise Valley?

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

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

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