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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Nate remind Tess about Willa?
(a) That Willa is very much younger than her sisters.
(b) That Willa is Jack Mercy's favorite daughter.
(c) That Willa was raised by cow hands rather than a mother.
(d) That Willa will lose 2/3 of the ranch to her sisters.

2. How does Ben gloss over the incident with Pickles?
(a) He says it's very difficult for someone to trespass.
(b) He does not gloss over it, but rather tells it like it is.
(c) He does not discuss the incident at all.
(d) He says they have enough clues to find the perpetrator easily.

3. Why does Willa feel guilty?
(a) She sent Pickles out to ride the fence line.
(b) She is short with Tess.
(c) She is so mean to Ben who just wants to help.
(d) She makes Lily cry.

4. Where does Sarah say she is going to visit?
(a) The Mercy ranch.
(b) Las Vegas.
(c) Los Angeles to speak with Louella.
(d) Her other son in Wyoming.

5. How does Ben McKinnon feel about Jack Mercy's will?
(a) Unhappy.
(b) Ecstatic.
(c) Confused.
(d) Indifferent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willa insist upon doing herself?

2. What does Ham say Willa is doing?

3. How does Willa shock Tess?

4. Who is the funeral for in chapter one?

5. How does Pickles get his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Ham tell Willa about ranch hands and about what she needs to do?

2. How does Jesse Cooke feel about what is happening at the Mercy ranch and what does he plan to do?

3. With whom is Tess speaking on the phone at the wake, what does she tell the person, and what is Tess's intent concerning after the funeral?

4. What does Willa teach her sisters in Chapter 15 and what does Tess do after that?

5. Who is the ranch foreman, of what does he assure Willa, and what is his and Willa's relationship?

6. With what is Willa have trouble with the ranch hands, who takes offense at her, and what does he do about it?

7. What does Willa see while birthing calves and what does she find?

8. What does Willa realize when her sisters tell her they are staying after Pickles was murdered?

9. What do Ben, Tess and Lily discuss over soup, and what does Ben point out in their discussion?

10. Why do Tess, Lily and Adam ride out in the snow, what do they see, why do they argue, and what interrupts their argument?

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