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

2. What is one reason Jesse Cooke does not want to let Lily go?
(a) She is beautiful.
(b) She will inherit a part of Mercy Ranch.
(c) She knows of his illegal activities.
(d) She is pregnant.

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

4. What angers Jesse?
(a) Seeing Willa taking charge of the ranch.
(b) Seeing Tess ordering Lilly around.
(c) Seeing Lily learning new skills.
(d) Seeing Lily with Adam.

5. What is Ben wanting of Willa?
(a) To become involved with him sexually.
(b) Nothing at the moment.
(c) To marry him.
(d) To sell the ranch to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is happy to see the pie Willa brings from Bess?

2. Who does Willa see at Ben's house?

3. What is happening to Willa despite her not wanting it?

4. Where has Jesse Cooke been hired?

5. Who is Traci?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Nate, Adam and Ben do after the party and the discovery outside?

2. Whose funeral is happening in the beginning of the book, what kind of a person was he and how does his daughter feel about the people at the wake?

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

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

5. What does Ham say to Willa about the ranch and her in Chapter 16?

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 did Lily consider the trip to Mercy Ranch to be and how do her and Adam handle her revelations?

8. With whom does Willa meet to make sure she is adhering to the rules of the will, what does Willa tell them, and what do they think about her ideas?

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

10. Who is the second oldest daughter of the person in question #1, where did she come from and for what does she hope?

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