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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 does Ben kiss Willa?

2. Where do Nate and Tess make love?

3. What does Ham advise Willa concerning the winter?

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

5. What does Willa do when she sees a deer while driving?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Adam tell Willa about a deer in the woods and what does Willa do about it?

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Montana Sky interesting. Discuss the following "good" characters:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Willa. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Ben. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Adam. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze one major theme of Montana Sky. Consider the following: How does one character's actions portray the theme you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to that theme? Is the theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme. If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

2. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Montana Sky. How does one character's actions portray the themes you are analyzing? How does the setting contribute to those themes? Is each theme one that you would call a "universal theme"? If so, what other book or novel that you have read also includes this theme? If not, why don't you think it is a "universal" theme?

3. What benefit is there in discussing and analyzing the themes of a work of fiction? Do you think most authors consciously develop themes in their works? Why or why not? Can there be accidental themes? What do you think is one possible "accidental" theme in Montana Sky? Which theme in Montana Sky speaks to you the most in your life? Why?

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