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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16 - 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After Lassiter leaves Surprise Valley and Bess reveals a new secret, why had Bess never told Venters about her secret before?
(a) She wanted to keep it for herself.
(b) She was afraid he will leave her.
(c) She wanted to escape Venters and leave Surprise Valley.
(d) She wanted to give it to Oldring.

3. What does Bess tell Venters about the Masked Rider?
(a) That Jerry Card is really the Masked Rider.
(b) That she is not the real Masked Rider.
(c) That Oldring is really the Masked Rider.
(d) That she is the Masked Rider, but she never stole or killed.

4. When Venters asks Bess what she did when she wasn't riding with Oldring, what does she say?
(a) She was shut up in a cabin.
(b) She stayed with a woman and her children.
(c) The rustlers took care of her.
(d) The rode horses alone.

5. After dinner, Venters goes to the grove to sleep. Who does he see riding through?
(a) Jane.
(b) Lassiter.
(c) Jane's women who work in her house.
(d) Oldring and the Masked Rider.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Mrs. Larkin dies, Jane continues to hear something in the fields by her house. What does she hear?

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

3. What ancient discovery does Venters find in Surprise Valley?

4. The morning after the storm, Venters wants to return to Cottonwoods, but what are his reasons?

5. Which horse does Jane give to Lassiter?

(see the answer key)

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