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

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

3. What did the author learn from her mother while she was sick?

4. What was Diane always at one with according to her daughter?

5. Where does the phalarope get food?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do burrowing owls usually make their homes?

2. How did Terry feel when birds were displaced from the refuge?

3. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

4. What caused the LDS prophet to end church meetings one Sunday?

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

6. What medical procedure did Terry undergo while her mother was in radiation?

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

8. What was the government trying to do in the chapter entitled Redheads?

9. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

10. What did the author discuss at the beginning of the chapter entitled Peregrine Falcon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the different birds spoken of in this book, and what significance do they have in the author's life?

Essay Topic 2

Terry presented a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What was this philosophy, and how did this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

Diane and Terry are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support and, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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