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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the race, when Venters arrives at Tull's house, what does Tull do?
(a) Challenges him to a duel.
(b) Goes inside and locks the door.
(c) Shoots him.
(d) Invites him in.

2. How did Oldring feel about Bess?
(a) He loved her as a daughter.
(b) He was cruel to her.
(c) He resented her.
(d) Like a slave.

3. Why did Milly Erne finally leave Salt Lake?
(a) She went home with a man she had come to love.
(b) Her daughter was kidnapped, and she followed her to Cottonwoods.
(c) She escaped to the north.
(d) She got a job in Cottonwoods.

4. When Jane and Lassiter flee Withersteen house, what does Jane take with her?
(a) Her jewelry and some gold.
(b) All her prized horses.
(c) All her clothes.
(d) Judkins.

5. When Jane tells Lassiter she wants to go away with him, what does she say to try to convince him?
(a) "I'll marry you."
(b) "I give up my religion."
(c) "Your people shall be my people--your God my God."
(d) "I love Little Fay."

6. When Bess and Venters remember Surprise Valley they agree to return someday, but what if Balancing Rock falls?
(a) Venters knows a way to climb in with ropes.
(b) Venters can swim in with the water.
(c) It will be closed forever.
(d) Venters knows an underground cave entrance.

7. What does Venters say touched him in Surprise Valley?
(a) The spirit of the cliff dwellers.
(b) The spirit of the valley.
(c) Bess.
(d) God.

8. When Venters returns with the horses after the race, what news does he hear from his friend?
(a) That Lassiter left town.
(b) That Lassiter killed Tull.
(c) That Lassiter stole from Jane.
(d) That Lassiter is in love with Jane.

9. What happens to Bess and Venters at the end of the race?
(a) They hide in the sage for the night.
(b) They hide in the Withersteen house.
(c) They get away as the others give up the pursuit.
(d) They return to Surprise Valley.

10. When Bess and Venters stop to rest the horses after they flee, what does Bess say about Black Star?
(a) That she likes his color.
(b) That she loves him.
(c) That he is cute.
(d) That he is not all that fast.

11. When Venters sees Jerry Card on this horse, what does Venters do?
(a) He chases him.
(b) He shoots him.
(c) He runs him off a cliff.
(d) He talks to him and convinces him to give up the horse.

12. Who tells Bess about the fate of her father?
(a) Dyer.
(b) Venters.
(c) Jane.
(d) Lassiter.

13. How many years had Lassiter been looking for his sister?
(a) 18.
(b) 10.
(c) 25.
(d) 2.

14. What did Milly's captors do to her while she delivered her baby?
(a) Took excellent care of her.
(b) Kept her tied and bound.
(c) Held her hands.
(d) Washed he forhead with water.

15. After Lassiter visits Surprise Valley, what is the plan Venters comes up with?
(a) Steal horses and run to California.
(b) Escape to Salt Lake.
(c) Go to town for horse in disguise for Bess.
(d) Escape to Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Bess and Venters take back with them to their camp?

2. When Venters confronts Oldring what does he yell across the room?

3. In Surprise Valley, what does Venters confess to Lassiter?

4. Before Venters leaves for Cottonwoods, Beth asks him if there is another woman. What is his answer?

5. What does Bess want Venters to call her after she finds out about her mother?

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