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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Venters arrives from Surprise Valley to tell Jane what?
(a) Venters is living in Surprise Valley with a girl.
(b) Venters knows a deal was made between Tull and Oldring.
(c) Venters is jealous of Lassiter.
(d) Venters stole cattle from the red herd.

3. Who was Lassiter having a drink with in the saloon?
(a) Oldring.
(b) Jane.
(c) Judkins.
(d) Tull.

4. How does Jane react at first when her and Lassiter meet Venters and Bess?
(a) She forgives Venters.
(b) She is angry at Venters.
(c) She is confused.
(d) She is untrusting.

5. After the race, who greets Venters and helps him with the horses?
(a) Lassiter.
(b) Jane.
(c) Bess.
(d) Judkins.

6. After Bess is well, what do she and Venters do everyday in Surprise Valley?
(a) Wander and explore.
(b) Build a home where the cliff dwellers were.
(c) Worry about what will happen next.
(d) Worry that Bess will still die.

7. 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 threw Jerry.
(c) He disappeared into the sage.
(d) He broke his leg.

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

9. What does Lassiter give to Bess?
(a) Gold.
(b) A locket with a picture of her mother.
(c) A painting of her mother.
(d) A pocketwatch that belonged to Jane's father.

10. On his way back to town a second time, who does Venters encounter?
(a) Lassiter.
(b) A group of rustlers.
(c) Dyer.
(d) Tull.

11. After Mrs. Larkin dies, Jane continues to hear something in the fields by her house. What does she hear?
(a) Horses.
(b) Walking.
(c) Gunshots.
(d) Fire.

12. Before Venters returns to Surprise Valley, what does Jane have for him?
(a) A package packed by her.
(b) Her hand in marriage.
(c) A pocketwatch that belonged to her father.
(d) Withersteen House.

13. 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 blows up the house.
(c) He does nothing to the house.
(d) He fires the house.

14. After Lassiter leaves Surprise Valley, what is the secret Bess reveals to Venters?
(a) She does not love him.
(b) She was married to Oldring.
(c) She has gold from the valley.
(d) She is scared.

15. As Lassiter and Venters stand in the shadow of Balancing Rock, what does Lassiter share with Venters?
(a) That Balancing Rock has ancient writings.
(b) His love of rolling rocks.
(c) That Balancing Rock will not roll.
(d) That he knows another way into Surprise Valley.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lassiter take Jane when they flee Cottonwood?

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

3. Where are Venter's mother and sister?

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

5. When Mrs. Larkin dies, what does Lassiter tell Jane to do with Fay?

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