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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After dinner with Lassiter and Jane, Venters says he must leave. Why?
(a) He's going to the coral to check on the horses.
(b) He doesn't like to clean up.
(c) He's going home.
(d) Tull will be looking for him.

3. As the situation worsens, Jane tells Jerd to only care for only two things. What?
(a) The cattle.
(b) Bells
(c) The water for the town.
(d) Black Star and Night.

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

5. When Blake returns to Withersteen house, what does Blake need to tell Lassiter?
(a) That he is not there to spy on him and he won't kill him.
(b) That he admires Lassiter.
(c) That he hates him and will kill him if he gets the chance.
(d) That he knows Lassiter loves Jane.

6. Venters has two dogs. What are their names?
(a) Oldring and Whitie.
(b) Ring and Whitie.
(c) Whitie and Lassiter.
(d) Jane and Ring.

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

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

9. On her way to Collier Brandt's house, Jane sees Tull. What does he scold her for?
(a) For not being in church.
(b) For not dressing properly in town.
(c) For not marrying him.
(d) For hiring Lassiter.

10. What is Lassiter known for?
(a) The Masked Rider.
(b) A man looking for gold.
(c) As a killer of Mormons.
(d) A rustler.

11. What do Jane's women employees take from Withersteen House?
(a) Her records and deeds.
(b) Her Arabian horses.
(c) A painting of her father.
(d) Gold.

12. 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?
(a) He shakes his head and begins to cry.
(b) He laughs.
(c) He grabs her and pulls her to him, thinking she has just professed her love.
(d) He tells her that he not longer loves her.

13. Why did Milly die?
(a) She died brokenhearted over Bishop Dyer.
(b) She was sick with a fevor.
(c) Because she gave up the Mormon religion.
(d) She died of a broken heart after her daughter disappeared.

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

15. Lassiter rides into the white herd to calm them and stop the movement. What happens to Lassiter's horse?
(a) It is blinded.
(b) It is successful.
(c) It is killed.
(d) It is lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. When confronted with the two riders in the canyon who shoot at him, what does Venters do?

2. What ancient discovery does Venters find in Surprise Valley?

3. What does Bess say Oldring is doing to hide his true motives?

4. During dinner with Jane and Venters, Lassiter says he is looking for something. What is it?

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

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