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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 Willa confess to Ham?
(a) She is scared to run the ranch without him.
(b) She tried to make him come inside because she was worried about the heat.
(c) She does not love Ben.
(d) She does not think Jack is her father.

2. Why does Jack have nothing to do with Jim's mother?
(a) He had just married Sarah.
(b) He had just married Adele.
(c) He had just married Louella.
(d) He had just married Willa's mother.

3. What does Ben say about Tess after Nate talks to him?
(a) He wishes him luck.
(b) He thinks Nate would be making a mistake to marry her.
(c) He thinks Nate should talk to Lily.
(d) He thinks Nate should propose.

4. What wakes Lily briefly as she drifts in and out of sleep?
(a) A gunshot.
(b) A scream.
(c) A coyote's howl.
(d) A wolf's howl.

5. Where did the killer get the knife he uses to kill the redhead?
(a) He stole it from his best friend.
(b) He stole it from his grandfather.
(c) At the sporting goods store.
(d) From his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Adam on the way to the cabin?

2. What is Willa's first response to Ben's proposal of marriage?

3. Why does Willa pace back at the ranch?

4. What surprises Tess at Lily's bridal shower?

5. How does Willa feel after she and Ben make love?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the three sisters drive the cattle into the mountains together and what do Willa and Ben discuss during the drive?

2. What does Nate tell Tess in Chapter 26 and how does she respond? What does he say to her response?

3. How does the killer feel about Lily's wedding and what does he plan to do?

4. What does the killer do to Ham and what does he tell Willa?

5. Why do Willa and Ham fight in Chapter 29, and what does Ham ask from Willa?

6. What does the killer do to Lily?

7. How do Ham and Willa reconcile after their fight and what does Ham do afterward?

8. What happens on the Fourth of July, and what do Willa and Ben do?

9. Why does Jesse grab Lily and how does he get away?

10. What does Nate tell Ben the morning after the dinner party and how does Ben respond?

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