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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8-17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the author's brother?
(a) Hank.
(b) Henry.
(c) Hal.
(d) Howard.

2. How does the author's brother get out of church one day?
(a) His sister asks for his help.
(b) He has to help with a flood.
(c) He is called to work.
(d) His mother gets very ill.

3. How does the author describe the Great Salt Lake?
(a) Dying.
(b) Thriving.
(c) Terminal.
(d) Selfish.

4. What saved the Mormon pioneers when their wheat fields were being destroyed?
(a) Gulls.
(b) Blankets.
(c) Prayers.
(d) Rain.

5. What causes the Great Salt Lake levels to rise?
(a) Snow run off.
(b) Desaturation of salt.
(c) All of these.
(d) Rain.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the author learn about the Great Salt Lake?

2. What did Brigham Young call the Great Basin?

3. How deep is the Great Salt Lake?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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