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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jane and Venters leave Lassiter at the grave and are walking back, they see a rider. Who?
(a) Judkins the Gentile rider.
(b) Rusters.
(c) The Masked Rider.
(d) Oldring.

2. Lassiter rides into the white herd to calm them and stop the movement. What happens to Lassiter's horse?
(a) It is successful.
(b) It is killed.
(c) It is lost.
(d) It is blinded.

3. When Blake returns to Withersteen house, what does Blake need to tell Lassiter?
(a) That he knows Lassiter loves Jane.
(b) That he is not there to spy on him and he won't kill him.
(c) That he admires Lassiter.
(d) That he hates him and will kill him if he gets the chance.

4. What are the signs that Milly gave up the Mormon religion?
(a) She quit teaching and fought against Mormon ways of raising a girl.
(b) Her headstone has no Mormon symbols.
(c) She told Jane she gave up the religion.
(d) She taught in a Gentile school.

5. Which horse does Jane give to Lassiter?
(a) Black Night.
(b) Star.
(c) Wrangles.
(d) Bells.

6. When Venters goes into the canyon where he saw the rustlers go, what does he find?
(a) Oldring himself in his campsite.
(b) A river.
(c) A waterfall that looks like the end of the trail.
(d) Another canyon with multiple outlets.

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

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

9. How does Venters nurse Bess's fever?
(a) Let's Bess soak her feet in the stream.
(b) Gives her broth.
(c) Puts ice wrapped in a cloth on her face.
(d) Washes her face, hands and wrists with cool water.

10. What is Lassiter known for?
(a) As a killer of Mormons.
(b) A rustler.
(c) The Masked Rider.
(d) A man looking for gold.

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

12. When Jane's riders disappear, what does Judkins tell her happened to them?
(a) The riders were "called in" by the churchmen.
(b) The riders aren't gone; they are hiding in Deception Canyon.
(c) The riders are working for Tull on his ranch.
(d) The riders are all dead.

13. When Venters realizes the Masked Rider is alive, he opens his shirt to look at the wound. What does Venters find?
(a) The pale body of a very young boy.
(b) The wound is in the stomach.
(c) A woman's breast.
(d) The wound is large and bleeding badly.

14. Venters and his dog, Ring, stay in the oval canyon and watch as rustlers enter an opening to another canyon. What does this prove?
(a) The Oval is really shaped like a hand with fingers.
(b) There is water through the opening.
(c) Nothing. The canyons all go in a circle.
(d) The opening is Oldring's den.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Jane greets Lassiter and Venters, she has news from town about Tull. What is it?

2. How does Venters block the entrance to Surprise Valley?

3. When Bishop Dyer appears at Jane's house, why is he upset?

4. When Venters goes to find the red herd, how far does he travel in three hours?

5. What crime does Tull accuse Venters of?

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