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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 does Nate tell Ben about Tess?

2. Why will Willa have a perfect night to seduce Ben?

3. What does Willa give Lily for her wedding?

4. How does Nate anger Tess?

5. What does the killer tell Willa?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Willa tell the others about Lily during a dinner party Lily hosts?

2. What do Willa and Ben do in Chapter 21 and how does Willa feel about it? What does Ben tell her?

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

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

5. What does Willa do after Adam is shot? What does she find?

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

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

8. Why is Jesse Cooke angry about Adam being shot and what does he vow?

9. Why does Lily confront her sisters and the men? What does she tell them?

10. Where do Adam and Willa find Jesse's jeep, what does Willa tell him, and what does Lily do about being abducted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Montana Sky is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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