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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 do Nate and Ben discuss with Willa?
(a) If she is conforming to the requirements of the will.
(b) Selling Mercy Ranch.
(c) If Willa could handle Lily or Tess living longer than a year at the ranch.
(d) If Lily and Tess are allowed a vacation away from the ranch during the year.

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

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

4. Why does Willa feel guilty?
(a) She is short with Tess.
(b) She is so mean to Ben who just wants to help.
(c) She makes Lily cry.
(d) She sent Pickles out to ride the fence line.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the man with the bloody knife say?

2. What does the man do as he thinks about his next victim?

3. Why does Tess decide to give Nate his Christmas present early?

4. Why is Willa unhappy upon returning to the ranch house at the end of the day?

5. Who does Ben want to have the ranch?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What does the will say about the ranch?

4. What does Willa think is the reason her father set the will up as he did?

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

6. What does Willa realize when her sisters tell her they are staying after Pickles was murdered?

7. 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?

8. What does Tess see at the corral that bothers her, what does she do, who takes her in the house, and what does he say to her?

9. Why is Ben's mother, Sarah, concerned about him and what does he tell her?

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

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