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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 Willa do to express her anger about the trophies?

2. Why does Jack have nothing to do with Jim's mother?

3. How does Willa liken the animal heads on the ranch walls to herself?

4. Why is Jesse really angry?

5. What had Jim promised his mother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Jim Brewster tell Willa about his mother and her life?

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

4. What does Willa do to her father's office and why does she do it?

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

6. What two women arrive at the ranch for Lily's bridal shower and what does Nate tell Tess when they arrive?

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

8. What does the killer do to Lily?

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

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

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

The killer is described as taking pleasure from killing, first animals, and then people.

1. How do you think Jim Brewster's life helped contribute to his mental illness? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

2. Do you think Brewster is mentally ill and should not be held accountable for his behavior by reason of insanity? Why or why not? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

3. Jack Mercy, it appears, treated his son even worse than his daughters. He was not a fit father. Although a license is required to drive a car, there are no regulations about who can be a parent. Do you think the government should regulate who is allowed to have children? Why or why not?

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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