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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Nate and Tess make love?

2. What does Lily say to Adam?

3. Who has the flu?

4. Who does Ben want to have the ranch?

5. What is one reason Jesse Cooke does not want to let Lily go?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Ben asks Willa to do at the New Year's Eve party, what is her response, and what do the two of them think of Adam and Lily?

5. 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?

6. Why do Tess, Lily and Adam ride out in the snow, what do they see, why do they argue, and what interrupts their argument?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Willa Mercy is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Willa demonstrates her strengths. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Willa's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Willa's admirable traits makes her popular and able to help with many problems of her family and friends. Have her flaws impacted her life? Do any of her friends notice these flaws? Who? How does the reader know this?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What is a plot? What are the most important elements of a plot and their definition? Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not?

2. Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Montana Sky, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot?

3. Identify the major sub-plots and their elements (They may not contain every element of a major plot). Do the sub-plots add to the main plot? Why or why not? Are the sub-plots interesting in and of themselves? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Lily is running from her abusive husband. She has some symptoms of a battered wife.

1. Discuss what you think are the reasons a spouse beats on his/her partner. Do you think the batterer is mentally ill? Why or why not?

2. Discuss reasons a person might stay with a spouse who is abusive. Use examples from Montana Sky to support your answer.

3. Do you think a spouse can be abusive and never physically touch his/her partner? What kinds of abuse are there besides physical abuse? Which type of abuse do you think does more damage? Use examples from Montana Sky to support your answer.

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