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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Venters offers to take the wounded girl back to Oldring, what does she say?
(a) "Please, before I die."
(b) "Just let me die here."
(c) "Take me back so I can see the sage once more."
(d) "Don't take me back there."

2. Why does Venters want Bess to get well?
(a) He wants to find out her story.
(b) He thinks she can lead him to Oldring.
(c) He thinks she is rich.
(d) He doesn't want to be responsible for killing an unarmed woman.

3. When Venters goes into Cottonwood, all the men are in the streets. What are they talking about?
(a) The marriage of Jane and Tull.
(b) The new Mormon church.
(c) The sage.
(d) The coming of Lassiter.

4. After Venters shoots the two riders in the oval valley, what does he do with the dead body?
(a) Puts it on his horse and carries it back to camp.
(b) Dumps it in the river.
(c) Drags it to a corner and covers it with rocks.
(d) Leaves it for the coyotes.

5. When Venters tells Bess of his nightime trips to find beef, how does Bess react?
(a) She is thrilled to get some meat.
(b) She almost faints from fear.
(c) She starts yelling.
(d) She laughs.

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

7. What does Venters name the rock at the entrance to Surprise Valley?
(a) Venter's Rock
(b) Balancing Rock.
(c) Bess's Rock.
(d) Jane's Rock.

8. Lassiter wants to go home? Where is home for Lassiter?
(a) Cottonwood.
(b) Illinois.
(c) Northern Utah.
(d) Texas.

9. What crime does Tull accuse Venters of?
(a) Involvement in a shooting the night before.
(b) Being the Masked Rider.
(c) Robbing the bank.
(d) Fighting in the saloon.

10. When Jane tells Blake to go to the sage and get all her horses, what information does Blake have?
(a) The horses are eating.
(b) The horses are resting.
(c) All the horses are gone.
(d) The horses are back in the coral.

11. When Jane hears that her riders left her, she prays. What does she vow after her wrathful prayer?
(a) To kill Tull.
(b) To talk to Tull and reason with him.
(c) To never marry Tull.
(d) To marry Tull.

12. When Venters goes to find the red herd, how far does he travel in three hours?
(a) 25 miles.
(b) 300 miles.
(c) 150 miles.
(d) 4 miles.

13. Venters has two dogs. What are their names?
(a) Whitie and Lassiter.
(b) Oldring and Whitie.
(c) Jane and Ring.
(d) Ring and Whitie.

14. Who's house does Jane visit in the Gentile village?
(a) Fay and her mother, Mrs. Larkin.
(b) Judkins.
(c) Jerry Card.
(d) Venters.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Oldring really do for a living?

2. When Jane's riders disappear, what does Judkins tell her happened to them?

3. Lassiter takes Jane to a lookout over her white herd and tells her the herd is moving fast. Why?

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

5. Jane asks Lassiter to be her friend, but only under one condition. What is the condition?

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