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

2. What is one of Tess' duties on the ranch?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Sewing.
(c) Collecting eggs.
(d) Exercising the horses.

3. What does Tess insist upon when Willa returns after riding to the woods?
(a) That Willa call the sheriff.
(b) That Willa settle an argument.
(c) That Willa eat.
(d) That Tess be allowed to leave for a few days.

4. What does Jesse do to the woman before he kills?
(a) Tells her he loves her.
(b) Rapes her.
(c) Calls her Lily.
(d) Feeds her a huge breakfast.

5. Who cleans the blood off the porch?
(a) Lily.
(b) Tess.
(c) Ben.
(d) Willa.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Willa tell Ben that surprises him?

2. What do Adam and Lily find in the barn?

3. What will happen if any of the Mercy sisters leave the ranch before one year?

4. Who is the funeral for in chapter one?

5. Where do Nate and Tess make love?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Lily tell Adam about her life?

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

9. What do Willa and Ben find the day after the funeral, how do they find it, and what do they do about it?

10. 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?

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