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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How do Venters and Bess know the storms are over?
2. After Lassiter tells Jane the story of his search for Milly, what terrible secret does Jane reveal?
3. What does Bess want Venters to call her after she finds out about her mother?
4. When Venters arrives at Withersteen House from Surprise Vallley, what will he do if Jane stops defending Tull?
5. What is Lassiter losing on his climb up the cliff to Surprise Valley?
Short Essay Questions
1. Venters gives a tribute to Jane when he faces Tull. How does Jane react to this? Describe the range of her emotions.
2. Lassiter arrives in Surprise Valley and meets Bess. He studies her, and, then, suddenly rises to leave. What is Lassiter thinking? What do you think he has figured out about Bess?
3. When Lassiter leaves Jane alone to pursue the men he's been looking for, he asks her what would she prefer her fate be? Why? Is this another sign of giving up? What would give her new life?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. As Chapter 22 ends, Bess and Venters hear a low thundering sound. What is the sound? What does it mean?
7. What is the bet between Venters and Jane about the speed of the horses? Who is right in the end?
8. After Lassiter leaves Surprise Valley, what is Venters worried about? Why is he worried? What actions will he take at this point?
9. Why is Jane packing a special package for Venters? What is this a symbol of? What do you think it means.?
10. After Fay is abducted, Jane says that she gives up. Gives up what? What is her state of mind? How will she survive?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe the growth of the character of Venters. How does he grow from a boy to a man? Use specific scenes from the novel when you felt that he was changing in the moment.
Essay Topic 2
What is important about the imagery of the cliff dwellers? Why is this important to the story? How are the lives of the dwellers connected to Venters and Bess or Lassiter and Jane? Why do you believe the author used cliff dwellers in the story? What does it add to the story of the valley?
Essay Topic 3
During the race between Venters and Jerry Card, several pieces of chivalry and honor are used as a guideline to a code of conduct of which both men are aware. When this story was first published, do you think more people understood the rules of engagement for an event such as this? Do we understand it today? How are these rules different and the same as today?
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