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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Venters goes into the canyon where he saw the rustlers go, what does he find?
(a) Another canyon with multiple outlets.
(b) A river.
(c) Oldring himself in his campsite.
(d) A waterfall that looks like the end of the trail.

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

3. During dinner with Jane and Venters, Lassiter says he is looking for something. What is it?
(a) A place to stay the night.
(b) Something to eat.
(c) The grave of Milly Erne.
(d) Bern Venters.

4. 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 want Black Star and Night.
(d) They are poisoning her water.

5. When Bishop Dyer appears at Jane's house, why is he upset?
(a) He wants Jane to marry him.
(b) Jane has cut off the water to Cottonwood.
(c) He wants Withersteen House to be given to the church.
(d) He heard that Jane will raise Fay and he wants her raised as a Mormon.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jane greets Lassiter and Venters, she has news from town about Tull. What is it?

2. What does Bess tell Venters about the Masked Rider?

3. When Venters takes Bess to Surprise Valley, she awakens and think she hears a waterfall. What is she really hearing?

4. What relationship does Venters assume that Bess had with Oldring?

5. What does Venters name the rock at the entrance to Surprise Valley?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the significance of the gold that Jane uses to pay both Judkins and Blake? Where did she get it? Why is she paying these men in gold? Does this say anything about her father?

2. Bess tells Venters that she has memories of women and children. Who do you think these people were? What do you think their relationship was with Bess?

3. When Venters carries Bess up the pass to the hidden valley, he experiences a new strength. What is this strength? What is the source of Venters strength?

4. How did Jane's father make his wealth? What did he own that others needed? How has Jane changed that legacy and what effect has the change had on the people of Cottonwoods?

5. Venters goes every day to Deception Pass and practices with his guns. Before the opening incident with Tull, who did he think was after him? Why did he feel the need to practice with his guns?

6. As Bess tells Venters of her relationship with Oldring, does she seem haunted? What about her past does not match with the girl that Venters is getting to know? Is Venters having trouble seeing both sides of Bess? Are there two sides to Bess?

7. When Jane visits the Brandts in town, the women warn her about her behavior. What are the Mormon's women's concerns with Jane? How do they think she will be punished? How will she be rewarded if she marries Tull? Would her marriage to Tull be the right thing for her religiously?

8. Who is the "unseen hand" and what role is he playing in what is happening to Jane and her ranch? Why is the "unseen hand" at work?

9. The first appearance of Judkins, the Gentile rider "means hell." Why do you think this is true?

10. When Venters returns from hunting, Bess is sitting up in bed and wants to be lifted down. What does this moment signify in their relationship? How are they judging each other at this point in the story?

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