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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. What causes the depths of the Great Salt Lake to change?

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

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

4. What would have been threatened if the lake water were pumped?

5. Why did the author go somewhere after her mother's surgery?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is similar in each chapter of this book?

3. What happened at Fish Springs?

4. What did Terry do when she saw a dead swan?

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

6. Why didn't Diane ever come to love birds?

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

8. What did Terry compare the pelican fishing to?

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

10. Why was Chapter 7 entitled Peregrine Falcon?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why did Terry write so much about cancer at the end of the book? What message was she trying to send here?

Essay Topic 2

How did Terry deal with the sadness of her mother's death, and what does this reveal about her personality?

Essay Topic 3

Belonging and security were two themes present in this book. Where did these themes appear, and which people were most motivated by them?

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