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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Jane get her horses?
(a) Her father got them from Nevada Indians.
(b) Venters bought them.
(c) Jane bought them.
(d) Her father got them in Texas.

2. When Jane hears that her riders left her, she prays. What does she vow after her wrathful prayer?
(a) To never marry Tull.
(b) To talk to Tull and reason with him.
(c) To marry Tull.
(d) To kill Tull.

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) Venters is a terrible employee.
(d) Jane doesn't give enough money to the church.

4. 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) Ancient voices.
(c) The wind in the valley.
(d) The stream running through the valley.

5. When Jane and Venters leave Lassiter at the grave and are walking back, they see a rider. Who?
(a) Judkins the Gentile rider.
(b) The Masked Rider.
(c) Rusters.
(d) Oldring.

6. When Jane sees the visitor at the Brandt house, why does this person think Jane has not been to church?
(a) Jane has started her own church on her ranch.
(b) Jane is involved with Venters.
(c) Jane is no longer a Mormon.
(d) Tull is keeping Jane to himself while he is courting her.

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

8. When Venters goes into the canyon where he saw the rustlers go, what does he find?
(a) A river.
(b) A waterfall that looks like the end of the trail.
(c) Another canyon with multiple outlets.
(d) Oldring himself in his campsite.

9. When Venters tells Bess of his nightime trips to find beef, how does Bess react?
(a) She almost faints from fear.
(b) She laughs.
(c) She is thrilled to get some meat.
(d) She starts yelling.

10. When Venters offers to take the wounded girl back to Oldring, what does she say?
(a) "Just let me die here."
(b) "Don't take me back there."
(c) "Please, before I die."
(d) "Take me back so I can see the sage once more."

11. 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 new Mormon church.
(d) The sage.

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

13. 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?
(a) She mounts him from her porch.
(b) She mounts him from a large rock.
(c) The horse kneels down for Jane to mount.
(d) She mounts him with Lassiter's help.

14. When Lassiter hears why Venters goes to Deception Pass, what is his reaction?
(a) That Venters will kill Oldring.
(b) That Venters will kill Tull.
(c) That Venters will kill Jane.
(d) That Venters will kill Lassiter.

15. Jane asks Lassiter to be her friend, but only under one condition. What is the condition?
(a) He must kill Tull for her.
(b) He must giver her his horse.
(c) He must not kill any Mormons.
(d) He must leave forever.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lassiter say when Jane offers him to be a rider for her?

2. After the conversation with Blake, Jane feels the world closing in on her and admits to Lassiter that sometimes she want to run away with him. How does Lassiter react?

3. What does Bess tell Venters about the Masked Rider?

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

5. What does Venters discover about Balancing Rock?

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