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

2. Where does Sarah say she is going to visit?
(a) The Mercy ranch.
(b) Her other son in Wyoming.
(c) Los Angeles to speak with Louella.
(d) Las Vegas.

3. For what is Lily grateful?
(a) That her daughter is coming out soon.
(b) That she has slept well for the first time in months.
(c) That her husband will be joining her shortly.
(d) That she is finally getting to know her sisters.

4. Who is happy to see the pie Willa brings from Bess?
(a) Ben.
(b) Shelly.
(c) Stu.
(d) Sarah.

5. Who does Ben want to have the ranch?
(a) Willa.
(b) Tess.
(c) Himself.
(d) Lily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Nate remind Tess about Willa?

2. What does Tess give Nate?

3. Why are the ranch hands bickering?

4. What does Pickles realize as he sees a man with a bloody knife?

5. What does Tess say about staying at the ranch?

Short Essay Questions

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

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 is the killer feeling after he kills Pickles and what does he decide at that point?

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

5. What does Adam tell Willa about a deer in the woods and what does Willa do about it?

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

7. What does Tess insist Willa do when she returns from checking on the deer in the woods, and what interrupts that?

8. 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?

9. What does the will say about the ranch?

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

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