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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the third option for when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) Diking the water.
(b) Breach the causeway.
(c) Pump the water.
(d) Store the water.

2. What was Diane always at one with according to her daughter?
(a) Her soul.
(b) Pain.
(c) Nature.
(d) Religion.

3. Where did the author learn about the Great Salt Lake?
(a) College.
(b) A trip.
(c) A conference.
(d) School.

4. What were all the chapters in this first section named after?
(a) Places in the US.
(b) Birds.
(c) Animals.
(d) Relatives.

5. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?
(a) Resistance.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Faith.
(d) Perseverance.

6. To whom did Terry compare Antelope Island?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her cousin.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

7. What was included in the Pink Flamingos chapter?
(a) Graphs.
(b) Letters.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Maps.

8. What happened to Diane Dixon Tempest in 1971?
(a) She got cancer.
(b) She got an STD.
(c) She was mobbed.
(d) She had a disabled child.

9. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?
(a) To give her mother privacy.
(b) To pray.
(c) To collect her thoughts.
(d) To pay her respects.

10. How many options were available when the lake exceeded the limits?
(a) 5.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 3.

11. Who loved birds more than Terry did?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her daughter.
(d) Her brother.

12. What did Diane spot at Bear River that was rare?
(a) Snow buntings.
(b) Flamingos.
(c) Pacific gulls.
(d) Bald eagles.

13. What killed the wheat fields of the early Mormon pioneers?
(a) Indians.
(b) Crickets.
(c) Hail.
(d) Drought.

14. What causes the depths of the Great Salt Lake to change?
(a) Drought conditions.
(b) Salt manufactureres.
(c) Climate changes.
(d) Weather.

15. What did the author compare the Great Salt Lake to?
(a) A dinner plate.
(b) A cup.
(c) A pot.
(d) A tea kettle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes the Great Salt Lake levels to lower?

2. What kind of gulls were used as a chapter title?

3. What was Terry looking for after hearing her mother needed radiation?

4. What was the second option when the lake exceeded the limits?

5. How old was the author when she joined the Audubon Society?

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