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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. What embarrasses Tess?

2. What does Nate tell Ben about Tess?

3. Where has Jesse stashed some supplies?

4. What does Lily announce to her sisters?

5. How does Nate anger Tess?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the killer do to Lily?

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

5. What does Lily confess to her sisters at the spa and what did Tess do for Willa?

6. What does Willa tell Jim after he tells her his story?

7. At the spa, what does Tess say about Ben and why does she say it?

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

9. What does Tess and Willa fight about in Chapter 18 and what does Tess tell Ben and Ben tell Tess?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Montana Sky.

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Montana Sky. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of Montana Sky. How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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