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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is Lily Mercy trying to avoid encountering?
(a) Mary Wolfchild.
(b) Willa Mercy.
(c) Jesse Cooke.
(d) Adam Mercy.
2. What does Lily say to Adam?
(a) That she has to have time before becoming involved with someone.
(b) That she is sure Jesse will kill her this time.
(c) That she will never marry again.
(d) That she loves him.
3. What do Adam and Willa do after their conversation?
(a) Agree to help Lily with her husband.
(b) Race horses back to the ranch.
(c) Decide to talk to Ben about Lily's husband.
(d) Kill a calf for Lily's party.
4. What does Pickles realize as he sees a man with a bloody knife?
(a) That he has never seen the man before.
(b) That he should take a vacation right away.
(c) That Pickles knows the man.
(d) That his wife never loved him.
5. What does Ben force Willa to do?
(a) Include her sisters in her plans.
(b) Call the sheriff.
(c) Call Pickles' daughter.
(d) Lie down.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Ben kiss Willa?
2. What does Tess give Nate?
3. How does Tess shock Nate on the way to town?
4. What does Tess insist upon when Willa returns after riding to the woods?
5. What do Tess and Lily decide to do?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the killer feeling after he kills Pickles and what does he decide at that point?
2. What does Adam tell Willa about a deer in the woods and what does Willa do about it?
3. In Chapter 9, what does Ham tell Willa about ranch hands and about what she needs to do?
4. What does Willa realize when her sisters tell her they are staying after Pickles was murdered?
5. Who discovers Pickles' body, how does she feel about it, who else comes along, and what does he tell her?
6. What does Ham say to Willa about the ranch and her in Chapter 16?
7. What does Willa teach her sisters in Chapter 15 and what does Tess do after that?
8. Why do Tess, Lily and Adam ride out in the snow, what do they see, why do they argue, and what interrupts their argument?
9. What did Lily consider the trip to Mercy Ranch to be and how do her and Adam handle her revelations?
10. Where does Tess go after the funeral, who is her mother, and what is her mother like? Why did her mother marry her father?
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