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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. What does Adam tell Lily that Tess is planning?
(a) A short trip to her home to check on her house.
(b) An announcement.
(c) A party.
(d) He is not sure what she is planning.

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

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

4. What does Ben tell his mother?
(a) That he is going to New York to find Jesse.
(b) That he intends to help Willa at the Mercy ranch.
(c) That he is giving up ranching.
(d) That he intends to fight Jack's will.

5. What do Tess and Lily decide to do?
(a) Learn to ride a horse better.
(b) Learn to shoot a gun.
(c) Learn karate.
(d) Leave the ranch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Pickles thinking about as he rides the fence line?

2. About what does Ben tease Willa concerning Tess?

3. What is one reason Jesse Cooke does not want to let Lily go?

4. What does Willa insist upon doing herself?

5. Who reassures Lily about her safety?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Willa crying on the couch when Ben finds her and what does he do about it?

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

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

7. What does Tess decide to do about Nate's Christmas present and how does Willa feel about that?

8. What is found at the foot of Willa's porch after the New Year's Eve party is over? What is done about it?

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

10. 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?

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