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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. What did Jane's father train her to do?
(a) Cook.
(b) Run the ranch and manage 100 employees.
(c) Ride horses.
(d) Shoot like a man.

2. How does Jane pay Blake when he returns to work for her?
(a) She pays him in cash.
(b) She pays him in gold.
(c) She is not able to pay him.
(d) She gives him food and a place to sleep.

3. After Jane visits Mary Brandt, she goes to the Gentile village. Why does she go?
(a) She must walk through this area to get home.
(b) She is curious about the poor end of town.
(c) She needs to hire men.
(d) She wants to find Venters.

4. When Lassiter tells Jane of his past life, what was he?
(a) He was a farmer.
(b) He was a sheriff.
(c) He was a Texas Ranger.
(d) He was a doctor.

5. What relationship did Bishop Dyer have with Jane's father?
(a) He was a counselor to her father.
(b) He did not know Jane's father very well.
(c) He was her father's best friend.
(d) He was a teacher to her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Lassiter rides into the white herd to calm them and stop the movement. What happens to Lassiter's horse?

2. As the situation worsens, Jane tells Jerd to only care for only two things. What?

3. Which horse does Jane give to Venters to go find the red herd?

4. What crime does Tull accuse Venters of?

5. Who's house does Jane visit in the Gentile village?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. While exploring for the first time, Venters finds evidence of beavers in Surprise Valley and realizes that he must find the the stream where they entered. Why does Venters need to see the where the stream enters Surprise Valley? What is he afraid of?

3. Venters sees Oldring and the Masked Rider ride across the edge of Jane's land. Why is this ominous? What do the people know about Oldring?

4. 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?

5. Once Venters reaches Surprise Valley he skins the rabbit and saves the hide? Why would he want to keep this hide? What feeling is Venters trying to capture and hang on to?

6. Describe Tull's campaign to pressure Jane into marriage. How does he manipulate other Mormon and non-Mormons to help him with his campaign.

7. 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?

8. Describe Balancing Rock and how it was made to balance. What would happen if the rock is dislodged? How can this protect Venters and Bess now that he knows how to use the rock as a defense? Do you think this is foreshadowing an event?

9. Describe Jane's relationship with Bishop Dyer. How does Jane view Bishop Dyer's connection to God? How was he helpful to her father? Why is Jane torn between the man Dyer and the bishop Dyer?

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

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