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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. About what does Lily worry?
(a) That her husband won't be able to visit any time soon.
(b) That the ranch is not safe.
(c) That Willa is in danger.
(d) That Tess will leave the ranch.

2. What does Louella receive when she and Jack divorce?
(a) Money only.
(b) Custody of Tess and money.
(c) Custody of Tess but not money.
(d) Quarter interest in the ranch.

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

4. What has Lily discovered?
(a) Her mother's unconscious body.
(b) The headless body of a cat.
(c) The tailess body of a cat.
(d) Two live rattlesnakes in the kitchen.

5. What does Willa tell Ben that surprises him?
(a) That she is madly in love with him.
(b) That she is engaged.
(c) That she is selling her share of the ranch.
(d) That she is a virgin.

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

7. What does the stranger decide he will do next as he lies in the dark reliving his encounter with Pickles?
(a) Decide to kill a woman.
(b) Decide to kill a grizzly.
(c) Decide to kill himself.
(d) Decide to turn himself in.

8. What does Lily say to Adam?
(a) That she loves him.
(b) That she has to have time before becoming involved with someone.
(c) That she will never marry again.
(d) That she is sure Jesse will kill her this time.

9. Who does Willa cause to leave the bunkhouse?
(a) Ketchum.
(b) Jasper.
(c) Donuts.
(d) Pickles.

10. Who is Lily Mercy trying to avoid encountering?
(a) Mary Wolfchild.
(b) Willa Mercy.
(c) Adam Mercy.
(d) Jesse Cooke.

11. Why does Tess decide to give Nate his Christmas present early?
(a) Because it will keep growing.
(b) She does not plan on giving Nate a present.
(c) Because it is something to wear on Christmas.
(d) In the hopes of sparking a fling with him.

12. 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.

13. Who knocks on Willa's vehicle window?
(a) Nate.
(b) J.C.
(c) Ham.
(d) Ben.

14. What does Willa hear at the end of chapter 13?
(a) Glass breaking.
(b) Gunshots.
(c) New Year's firecrackers exploding.
(d) Screaming.

15. What is Pickles thinking about as he rides the fence line?
(a) His retirement nest egg.
(b) A vacation.
(c) His deceased wife.
(d) His future options.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupts Ben and Willa?

2. Who cleans the blood off the porch?

3. Who loses the shooting competition?

4. What does Jesse do to the woman before he kills?

5. Who is Traci?

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