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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 does Lassiter do to Withersteen house when he and Jane flee?
(a) He throws water from the spring all over the house.
(b) He does nothing to the house.
(c) He fires the house.
(d) He blows up the house.

2. What did Frank Erne do to the new preacher in town?
(a) Went to his church and ran him out of town.
(b) Converted to Momonism and left town with him.
(c) Became his best friend.
(d) Helped him in his work.

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

4. When Venters sees Jerry Card on this horse, what does Venters do?
(a) He chases him.
(b) He talks to him and convinces him to give up the horse.
(c) He runs him off a cliff.
(d) He shoots him.

5. When Venters confronts Oldring what does he yell across the room?
(a) "Get down!"
(b) "Prepare to die!"
(c) "A word for you--from your Masked Rider!"
(d) "A word for you--from Bess!"

Short Answer Questions

1. Venters tells Bess he must return to Cottonwoods after the storm but will come right back. What does he tell Bess he is returning for?

2. What does Jane say to Lassiter to convince him to roll the stone?

3. What horse trick does Jerry Card do while Venters races him?

4. When Venters has his encounter on his way back into Cottonwoods, what horse is Jerry Card riding?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When Venters arrives back at Jane's house from Surprise Valley, how has Venters changed? How have his feelings toward Jane changed? Why is this important?

2. Judkins comes to tell Jane the white herd is missing. What happened to them? Who was lost? How does this compare to Lassiter's work earlier in the novel with the white herd?

3. What is the symbolism of Jane giving her horses to Venters and Bess? How does this show forgiveness?

4. When Venters shoots Oldring, Oldring tries to say something before he dies. What do you think he was trying to say? Why is Venters so upset when he talks to Bess on his return to Surprise Valley? What does he decide not to tell her at this point?

5. When Venters tells Bess he must return to Cottonwoods for supplies, what does she think? Why does Bess not feel worthy of Venters attention? What has changed Venters since he came to the valley?

6. Lassiter tells Jane he is going to follow Venters to see where he is going. What does he reveal about Milly Erne in this moment? How does this parallel Jane's life?

7. When Lassiter returns from Surprise Valley, what do he and Jane discover about her horses? Why is this important? What does this mean to Jane and Lassiter?

8. As Chapter 22 ends, Bess and Venters hear a low thundering sound. What is the sound? What does it mean?

9. What does Lassiter bring back to Jane after he pursues the men? What does this do to Jane? How does her will to live change?

10. Why does Lassiter lose his resolve when it is time to roll the stone? What does he realize the end will be?

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