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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the author's family do for vacations when she was a child?
(a) Flew to exotic locations.
(b) Took road trips.
(c) Visited relatives.
(d) Went camping.

2. How long did it take the author to get from her house to the airport?
(a) 25 minutes.
(b) 45 minutes.
(c) 1 hour.
(d) 2 hours.

3. When did the author usually speak to her mother?
(a) In the afternoons.
(b) On the weekends.
(c) In the mornings.
(d) At night.

4. How old was the author when she joined the Audubon Society?
(a) 11.
(b) 10.
(c) 12.
(d) 13.

5. Who wrote "God Sees the Truth but Waits"?
(a) Dostoyevsky.
(b) Plato.
(c) Tolstoy.
(d) Aristotle.

6. What information did the author give at the beginning of each chapter?
(a) The lake levels.
(b) The location of her family.
(c) Her age.
(d) The year.

7. What climate did the author learn about while in the Audubon Society?
(a) Deserts.
(b) Prairies.
(c) Marshes.
(d) Flat lands.

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

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

10. What did Terry want to communicate with in the Pink Flamingos chapter?
(a) The land.
(b) Her God.
(c) A friend.
(d) Her mother.

11. Why was the author surprised when her mother agreed to use chemotherapy?
(a) She was afraid of it.
(b) She had been refusing it.
(c) She had talked her sister out of it.
(d) She didn't believe in it before.

12. What was the name of Terry's mother's doctor?
(a) Dr. Young.
(b) Dr. McKay.
(c) Dr. Smith.
(d) Dr. Taylor.

13. What surprised the men at Antelope Island about Terry?
(a) She was happy about the lake waters.
(b) She was willing to help them.
(c) She knew a lot about birds.
(d) She was their boss.

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

15. What chance of survival did Diane have during radiation?
(a) 50%
(b) 30%
(c) 25%
(d) 40%

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first chapter called?

2. What did the author compare the Great Salt Lake to?

3. What enraged Diane when she was ill?

4. What caused the author's mother to use chemotherapy?

5. Where did Diane live mostly while in chemotherapy treatments?

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