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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 did Diane know with a brain tumor?
(a) A brother.
(b) A friend.
(c) A cousin.
(d) An aunt.

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

3. What did Terry say should be used to catch the outlaw in Chapter 8?
(a) A noose.
(b) A gun.
(c) A taser.
(d) A lasso.

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

5. What enraged Diane when she was ill?
(a) That she was in so much pain.
(b) That her doctor lied to her.
(c) That her family could not accept her illness.
(d) That she was dying.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Diane communicate with the person she knew with a brain tumor?

2. Why did the author think her mother couldn't get sick?

3. Where did the activities in this book take place?

4. Where did Diane go swimming while she was still sick?

5. Who was the outlaw referred to in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the author and her mother do when they got news of the tumor?

2. What did Terry think about while at the funeral of a family friend?

3. Why did the author take such a deep interest in nature?

4. What did Terry do with her mother in the Killdeer chapter?

5. What did the author compare starlings to, and why?

6. What did the author compare her mother to during her chemotherapy treatment?

7. Why did the author say she liked to go to the dump?

8. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

9. What did the author do at the dump when she went there?

10. What was the big news in the Yellow Headed Blackbird chapter?

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