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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. Why does Venters go to Deception Pass every day?
(a) To kill the Masked Rider.
(b) To camp and hunt.
(c) To spy on Oldring.
(d) To practice shooting.

2. What is making the white herd move so quickly?
(a) Someone on the ridge is throwing rocks at them.
(b) Someone on the ridge is yelling.
(c) Someone on the ridge is shooting at them.
(d) Someone on another ridge is spooking them with a white sheet.

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

4. What ancient discovery does Venters find in Surprise Valley?
(a) Rock tablet with ancient writings.
(b) Ancient cliff dwellers.
(c) Ancient rock formations.
(d) Prehistoric animal bones.

5. What does Oldring really do for a living?
(a) Farms.
(b) Owns a cattle ranch.
(c) Trains Arabian horses.
(d) Pans and digs for gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Mrs. Larkin always been afraid to give her daughter to Jane?

2. What is Withersteen House?

3. What do Jane's women employees take from Withersteen House?

4. How does Venters nurse Bess's fever?

5. What does Venters do to get some beef for Bess?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. Compare the entrance to Surprise Valley under the stone bridge and the entrance to the ancient cave dwellers up the steep steps. How are these the same and how are they different? What did they mean to the ancient peoples and how are they important to Venters and Bess?

4. When Bess learns of Venters stealing the calves from Oldring, what is she afraid of? Who is she afraid for? What does she think will happen if Venters continues to act so carelessly?

5. 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?

6. 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?

7. What is Jane's main goal with Lassiter? What is she trying to get him to do? How is she using Fay to get what she wants from Lassiter? How is she using Lassiter's attraction to her to get what she wants?

8. Who is Jane's one lone defender when Tull begins to pressure Jane into marriage? How can one person help Jane? Is defending Jane a job that requires more people?

9. 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?

10. How does Venters find the openings to the canyons? How does he find Oldring's den?

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