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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Bess want Venters to call her after she finds out about her mother?
(a) Miss Erne.
(b) Beth.
(c) Mrs. Venters.
(d) Elizabeth Erne.

2. 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?
(a) To see Milly Erne's grave.
(b) Guns.
(c) To say goodby to Jane.
(d) Supplies.

3. How many years had Lassiter been looking for his sister?
(a) 2.
(b) 18.
(c) 25.
(d) 10.

4. In the final pursuit of Bess and Venters, who is on the white horse?
(a) Lassiter.
(b) Judkins.
(c) Tull.
(d) Dyer.

5. Who tells Bess about the fate of her father?
(a) Jane.
(b) Lassiter.
(c) Dyer.
(d) Venters.

6. Where are Venter's mother and sister?
(a) Kansas.
(b) Texas.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Illinois.

7. What does Lassiter give to Bess?
(a) Gold.
(b) A painting of her mother.
(c) A pocketwatch that belonged to Jane's father.
(d) A locket with a picture of her mother.

8. When Bess and Venters remember Surprise Valley they agree to return someday, but what if Balancing Rock falls?
(a) Venters knows a way to climb in with ropes.
(b) Venters knows an underground cave entrance.
(c) It will be closed forever.
(d) Venters can swim in with the water.

9. In Surprise Valley, what does Venters confess to Lassiter?
(a) That Bess is Oldring's sister.
(b) That he is leaving Bess.
(c) That Bess is an evil woman.
(d) That he loves Bess.

10. What does Venters realize the morning after the storm?
(a) That he loves Bess.
(b) That he needs more beef.
(c) That he still loves Jane and must return to her.
(d) That he's afraid of storms.

11. After Bess is well, what do she and Venters do everyday in Surprise Valley?
(a) Build a home where the cliff dwellers were.
(b) Wander and explore.
(c) Worry about what will happen next.
(d) Worry that Bess will still die.

12. After his time in Surprise Valley, Venters believes that it was wrong of Jane to love him. Why?
(a) He is really a Mormon.
(b) He never loved Jane.
(c) He works for Tull.
(d) It put Jane in a bad position.

13. What do Venters and Bess hear as they take a last look at the sun setting over the sage?
(a) Horses running.
(b) A coming storm.
(c) Bells from the church in Glaze.
(d) A long thundering sound.

14. When Jane and Lassiter flee Withersteen house, who does she give Bells to?
(a) Tull.
(b) Venters.
(c) Judkins.
(d) Bess.

15. After the race, who greets Venters and helps him with the horses?
(a) Lassiter.
(b) Jane.
(c) Judkins.
(d) Bess.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the race, when Venters arrives at Tull's house, what does Tull do?

2. What did Lassiter think of Frank Erne?

3. What does Venters remember about Bess as they are racing away?

4. What do Bess and Venters take back with them to their camp?

5. When Venters returns with the horses after the race, what news does he hear from his friend?

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