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

5. When does Jesse's abuse of Lily begin?
(a) Right after they are married.
(b) He is not abusive.
(c) Several years into the marriage.
(d) Even before they are married.

6. What do Lily and Adam discuss briefly?
(a) Lily's estranged husband.
(b) The number of acres to keep fallow the next year.
(c) How many cows to breed the next spring.
(d) Whether the bunkhouse needs work.

7. What is discovered at the bottom of Willa's porch?
(a) A dead, naked girl.
(b) A dead skunk.
(c) A defaced book.
(d) A dead rat.

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

9. What does Willa realize after her sisters inform her that they are staying?
(a) That she loves her sisters.
(b) How close she came to losing the ranch.
(c) That her sisters are behind the problems on the ranch.
(d) That her sisters have manipulated her.

10. How does Willa shock Tess?
(a) By saying Adam must leave the ranch.
(b) By saying Willa is marrying Nathan.
(c) By agreeing the three women need to work together.
(d) By agreeing to let Tess leave secretly for a week.

11. Who is the funeral for in chapter one?
(a) Willa Mercy.
(b) Mary Wolfchild.
(c) Jack Mercy.
(d) Jefferson Mercy.

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

13. Who tells Willa and Lily that she is ashamed of them?
(a) Nate.
(b) Bess.
(c) Tess.
(d) Ben.

14. Where does Ben kiss Willa?
(a) In the bunkhouse.
(b) In her bedroom.
(c) In the ranch's library.
(d) On the dance floor in front of everyone.

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