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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 loses the shooting competition?
(a) Adam.
(b) Nate.
(c) Lily.
(d) Tess.

2. How does Willa shock Tess?
(a) By saying Willa is marrying Nathan.
(b) By saying Adam must leave the ranch.
(c) By agreeing the three women need to work together.
(d) By agreeing to let Tess leave secretly for a week.

3. Why does Tess decide to give Nate his Christmas present early?
(a) Because it is something to wear on Christmas.
(b) Because it will keep growing.
(c) In the hopes of sparking a fling with him.
(d) She does not plan on giving Nate a present.

4. What is Pickles thinking about as he rides the fence line?
(a) A vacation.
(b) His future options.
(c) His deceased wife.
(d) His retirement nest egg.

5. How does Willa feel as she drives around the ranch?
(a) Optimistic.
(b) Alone.
(c) Despondent.
(d) Angry at her father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Traci?

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

3. What does Willa find after she comes across Pickles' rig?

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

5. How does Pickles get his name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who discovers Pickles' body, how does she feel about it, who else comes along, and what does he tell her?

2. What does the killer do after the New Year's Eve party?

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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