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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After Lassiter leaves Surprise Valley and Bess reveals a new secret, why had Bess never told Venters about her secret before?
(a) She wanted to escape Venters and leave Surprise Valley.
(b) She was afraid he will leave her.
(c) She wanted to keep it for herself.
(d) She wanted to give it to Oldring.

2. What does Venters tell Bess he will do for the horses when they return to Illinois?
(a) He'll race them.
(b) He'll show them as champions.
(c) He'll buy a farm and let the horses run free.
(d) He'll use them as work horses for the farm.

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

4. When Venters has his encounter on his way back into Cottonwoods, what horse is Jerry Card riding?
(a) His own.
(b) Night.
(c) Black Star.
(d) Bells.

5. What does Jane say to Lassiter to convince him to roll the stone?
(a) "Save Fay!"
(b) "Tull is coming!"
(c) "I love you!"
(d) "Don't be afraid!"

6. When Mrs. Larkin dies, what does Lassiter tell Jane to do with Fay?
(a) Raise her as a Mormon.
(b) Raise her as a daughter.
(c) Return her to a Gentile family to raise.
(d) Return her to Dyer.

7. What does Lassiter do to Withersteen house when he and Jane flee?
(a) He throws water from the spring all over the house.
(b) He does nothing to the house.
(c) He blows up the house.
(d) He fires the house.

8. Bess and Venters return to the cliff dwellings and find something more. What?
(a) Metal instruments for farming.
(b) A secret hiding place inside the caves.
(c) Human bone.
(d) Stored food.

9. Which horse did Jane always think was the slowest?
(a) Wrangle.
(b) Bells.
(c) Black Star.
(d) Night.

10. What does Venters realize the morning after the storm?
(a) That he loves Bess.
(b) That he needs more beef.
(c) That he's afraid of storms.
(d) That he still loves Jane and must return to her.

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

12. In the end, what does Venters do to Oldring?
(a) He takes him to Surprise Valley.
(b) He shares a drink with him.
(c) He tells him that he loves Bess.
(d) He kills him.

13. How old was Bess when she was taken from her mother?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

14. When Venters finally catches up to Black Star, what does he think has happened to the horse?
(a) The race has killed the horse.
(b) He disappeared into the sage.
(c) He threw Jerry.
(d) He broke his leg.

15. Venters returns to Surprise Valley with supplies for how long?
(a) Weeks.
(b) Months.
(c) Days.
(d) Several years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Bess and Venters at the end of the race?

2. After Venters says goodbye to Lassiter, what new worry comes to his mind?

3. When Venters arrives at Withersteen House from Surprise Vallley, what will he do if Jane stops defending Tull?

4. When Bess and Venters remember Surprise Valley they agree to return someday, but what if Balancing Rock falls?

5. How does Jane react at first when her and Lassiter meet Venters and Bess?

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