3. What do Adam and Willa do after their conversation?
(a) Agree to help Lily with her husband.
(b) Race horses back to the ranch.
(c) Kill a calf for Lily's party.
(d) Decide to talk to Ben about Lily's husband.

4. How does Tess respond to seeing a calf castrated?
(a) She faints.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She screams.

5. About what does Sarah worry?
(a) That Ben will marry one of the Mercy women.
(b) That Ben will tire of ranching.
(c) That she will die before Ben marries.
(d) That Ben will not find the right woman to marry.

6. How does Tess shock Nate on the way to town?
(a) She tells him she is married.
(b) She tells him she is leaving the ranch because she is scared.
(c) She starts sobbing.
(d) She takes off her clothes.

7. Who is Nathan Torrence?
(a) Willa's half brother.
(b) A friend of Tess Mercy who is from New York.
(c) Jack Mercy's lawyer.
(d) Mary Wolfchild's husband.

8. Why is Tess willing to stay at the ranch?
(a) She loves Montana.
(b) She does not want to lose her inheritance.
(c) She is attracted to Nate.
(d) She has no place to go anyway.

9. What does the man with the bloody knife say?
(a) That it's a good day to die.
(b) That he has never killed a man before.
(c) That the steer tried to attack him.
(d) That the cow was diseased.

10. Why is Adam angry?
(a) That Lily is not safe.
(b) That the police are not doing more.
(c) That the police are suspicious of one of them.
(d) That someone is killing animals for no reason.

11. What does Ham advise Willa concerning the winter?
(a) He does not say anything about the winter.
(b) The winter is going to be really bad this year with lots of snow.
(c) They should close down for the winter.
(d) She can get through the winter without hiring anyone else.

12. Who is Traci?
(a) A hitchhiker Jesse picks up.
(b) Tess's best friend.
(c) Jesse's sister.
(d) Lily's former boss.

13. What does Lily don for the New Year's party?
(a) One of Tess' dresses.
(b) Jeans.
(c) A dressy pair of pants and silk blouse.
(d) She declares she is not attending the party.

14. What is happening to Willa despite her not wanting it?
(a) She is accepting the idea of not having Mercy ranch.
(b) She is growing closer to her sisters.
(c) She is falling for Ben.
(d) She is relying too much on the men around her.

15. Why do Tess, Lily and Adam ride out into the snow?
(a) To take pictures.
(b) To check on the younger cattle.
(c) To look for one of the ranch hands who is missing.
(d) To clear a path.