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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which horse does Jane give to Lassiter?
(a) Star.
(b) Black Night.
(c) Bells.
(d) Wrangles.

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

3. At the beginning of the book, Jane waits for the churchmen. What will the churchmen attack Jane for?
(a) Her right to befriend a Gentile.
(b) Jane is too rich and needs to give some of her land away.
(c) Jane doesn't give enough money to the church.
(d) Venters is a terrible employee.

4. When Lassiter tells Jane of his past life, what was he?
(a) He was a sheriff.
(b) He was a Texas Ranger.
(c) He was a farmer.
(d) He was a doctor.

5. When Bess is better, Venters gets a chance to explore the valley. What animals does he find evidence of?
(a) Tigers.
(b) Buffalo.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Beaver, wildcats, and foxes.

6. Which horse does Jane give to Venters to go find the red herd?
(a) Star.
(b) Bells.
(c) Wrangle.
(d) Black Night.

7. Lassiter wants to go home? Where is home for Lassiter?
(a) Northern Utah.
(b) Cottonwood.
(c) Texas.
(d) Illinois.

8. What does the Bishop say Jane's father wanted for her?
(a) To leave Cottonwood.
(b) To marry Dyer.
(c) To race the horses he left her.
(d) To marry Tull.

9. When Jane asks Lassiter to stay and eat, why does Lassiter hesitate?
(a) He knows that the Mormons won't like it and will cause trouble for Jane.
(b) He won't like Jane's cooking.
(c) He is shy.
(d) He never eats indoors.

10. When Venters goes to the cliff dweller's cave the first time, what does he find?
(a) Pottery and instruments for grinding maize.
(b) Bows and arrows.
(c) Pans for cooking.
(d) Guns.

11. Venters goes to find the red herd, but he also wants to do something very specific. What is it?
(a) Find Oldring's retreat.
(b) Sleep under the stars.
(c) Camp and fish.
(d) Practice shooting.

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

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

14. 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.

15. After the visit from the Bishop, what does Lassiter tell Jane about her employees?
(a) They want her house.
(b) They are poisoning her water.
(c) They are spying on her.
(d) They want Black Star and Night.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Venters block the entrance to Surprise Valley?

2. When Jane hears that her riders left her, she prays. What does she vow after her wrathful prayer?

3. Lassiter comes to Jane to inform her that he found her white herd. Jane changes and goes to mount her horse. How does she mount her horse?

4. Why does Venters go to Deception Pass every day?

5. When Venters goes into the canyon where he saw the rustlers go, what does he find?

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