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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. As Venters and Bess ride away, what does Jane wave?
(a) Her scarf.
(b) Her hat.
(c) Her hand.
(d) She blows kisses.

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

5. How may days does Venters tell Bess that she must wait for him to return from Cottonwood before she knows he is dead?
(a) 4.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 10.

6. After Lassiter tells Jane the story of his search for Milly, what terrible secret does Jane reveal?
(a) Her father kidnapped Milly.
(b) Her father was the father of Milly's baby and also of Fay.
(c) Her father was the preacher that went to Texas.
(d) Her father was Dyer's brother.

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

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

9. When Lassiter finally removes his guns to show Jane how much he loves her, what does she do?
(a) Puts them back on him.
(b) She takes them.
(c) She keeps them for herself.
(d) She loads them.

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

11. Venters comes down the cliff and is returning to town for a second time, what has happened to Wrangle when he gets to the bottom of the cliff?
(a) He's gone wild and Venters has to rope him.
(b) He's dead.
(c) He's run off.
(d) He's been stolen.

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

13. What is Venters thinking about as he races across the sage?
(a) He thinks of his childhood.
(b) He remembers stories he's heard about Bess.
(c) That he's ahead of Bess.
(d) He remembers nursing Bess back to health.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After Lassiter leaves Surprise Valley, what is the secret Bess reveals to Venters?

2. What does Venters tell Lassiter as he leaves Surprise Valley?

3. What did Milly's captors do to her while she delivered her baby?

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

5. What does Venters remember about Bess as they are racing away?

(see the answer keys)

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